USTDA Promotes Gas-Fired and Renewable Power in Kazakhstan
June 30, 2014
(USTDA)
Supports Batys Transit in Expanding Clean Power
Generation
ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN – Today, the U.S. Trade and
Development Agency awarded a grant to Batys
Transit joint stock company (BTTR) to support a
feasibility study for a gas-fired power plant
project in northwest Kazakhstan. The grant will
help BTTR determine the technical and financial
feasibility of a 25-100 megawatt gas-fired
power plant, as well as review options for
producing renewable energy.
"We are pleased that this study will address
provincial power needs and encourage industrial
development in Aktobe by assessing the
potential of increasing gas-fired and renewable
power generation," said USTDA Director Leocadia
I. Zak.
The Aktobe Province needs additional generation
to meet the demand for power in northwestern
Kazakhstan. This project will reduce BTTR's
current purchasing of grid power to replace its
line losses and potentially provide additional
power to Aktobe's grid.
The grant was signed by the U.S. Chargé
d'Affaires, Amb. John Ordway, and BTTR's CEO,
Mr. Kurmangazy Ibragimov, at a ceremony at the
U.S. Consulate General in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
BTTR, a private sector transmission line
operator established in 2005 to address the
need for additional power supply in Aktobe
Province, was also one of the first successful
public-private partnerships in Kazakhstan.
The opportunity to conduct the USTDA-funded
feasibility study will be competed on the
Federal Business Opportunities (FBO) website. A
link to the FBO announcements will be posted to
USTDA's website at www.ustda.gov.
Interested U.S. firms should submit proposals
according to the instructions in the FBO
announcements.
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