Three Central Asian countries – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan – are set to launch a joint hydropower plant with a capacity of nearly 2,000 MW. The facility will be built on the Naryn River in Kyrgyzstan.
The critical importance of regional water-energy projects was emphasised by Kyrgyzstan President Sadyr Japarov at the Regional Ecological Summit (RES) in Astana on 23 April.