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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