Kazakhstan-Singapore consortium to build three combined heat and power plants in Kazakhstan(para 4 added)ASTANA. April 7 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) - A Kazakhstan-Singapore consortium will be engaged to construct three combined heat and power plants (CHP) in the cities of Kokshetau, Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk, said Kairat Maksutov, head of Samruk-Energy."Projects for the construction of combined heat and power plants are being implemented in Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk. On January 30, 2026, EPC contracts were signed with the Kazakhstan-Singapore consortium. The commissioning of the plants is scheduled for the 4th quarter of 2029," Maksutov said Tuesday at a government meeting.Additionally, a presentation accompanying his report noted that an EPC contract with the Kazakhstan-Singapore consortium has also been signed for the construction of a combined heat and power plant in Kokshetau. Equipment delivery is set to begin in 2027, with the plant’s commissioning planned for the 1st quarter of 2029."The construction cost of the Kokshetau CHP plant is 350 billion tenge, while each of the other two plants will cost around 400 billion tenge because they have higher capacity," Deputy Energy Minister Sungat Yesimkhanov later told journalists.In February, Deputy Energy Minister Sungat Yesimkhanov said Chinese partners could be involved in building the three CHP plants in Kokshetau, Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk."I think there will be Chinese partners there, so Samruk-Energy is working on each project separately," Yesimkhanov said at the time.Earlier, Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov instructed Sovereign Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna to ensure the timely implementation of the CHP projects in Kokshetau, Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk.Contracts for the plants' construction were expected to be signed by the end of January 2026, with construction work anticipated to begin in April.The installed capacity of the Kokshetau CHP plant will be 240 MW, while those in Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk will each have a capacity of 360 MW.Kazakhstan initially planned to implement the projects jointly with Russia and explored securing a subsidized loan from the Russian government, but negotiations dragged on and it later became known that Kazakhstan would proceed with construction independently.  (ICE ALMATY)

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