Large potential of small hydro power plants in Kyrgyzstan
- Written by Maria Levina
BISHKEK (TCA) — After exporting electricity for decades, Kyrgyzstan has turned into an electricity importer last year; so the issue of power supply is now very relevant. The potential of renewable electricity sources is 840 million tons of standard fuel but the country currently uses only 1% of it. That was said at the recent international roundtable in Bishkek to discuss the latest small hydro power technologies.