QAZAQ GREEN.  Kyrgyzstan is continuing to expand its renewable energy capacity, with small hydropower plants and solar power projects accounting for most of the new additions.

According to Kabar.kg, Emilbek Orozbaev, Director of the Green Energy Fund under the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, said that four small hydropower plants with a combined capacity of 24.8 MW were commissioned in the first half of 2026.

Another 11 small hydropower plants with a combined capacity of 64.83 MW are scheduled to come online by the end of the year. Two are expected to be commissioned in September, while nine more are planned before the end of 2026. This would bring the total number of small hydropower plants commissioned during the year to 15, with a combined installed capacity of 89.63 MW.

Solar power capacity is also expanding. A 100 MW solar power plant was commissioned in the Chuy Region in December 2025, followed by a 175 MW solar plant in the Issyk-Kul Region in June 2026. Two more solar power plants with a combined capacity of 105 MW are scheduled to be commissioned in September.

Overall, 13 new renewable energy facilities — 11 small hydropower plants and two solar power plants — with a combined capacity of 169.83 MW are planned to be commissioned in Kyrgyzstan by the end of 2026.

According to Kyrgyz economist Nurbek Elebaev, hydropower accounts for 88–90% of the country’s electricity generation. He said the commissioning of the 100 MW Nur solar power plant increased renewable electricity generation and helped cover part of the summer electricity shortfall in the Issyk-Kul Region.

The expansion of renewable generation capacity is taking place alongside the modernization of the country’s energy infrastructure and is aimed at meeting growing electricity demand from households and industry.

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