Samruk-Energy completes full modernization of Shardara HPP

06.10.20 12:02
/KASE, October 6, 2020/ – Samruk-Energy (Nur-Sultan), whose bonds are officially listed on Kazakhstan Stock Exchange (KASE), has provided KASE with the following communique dated October 6, 2020: quote Samruk-Energy JSC completed the program of complete modernization of Shardara HPP. As part of the project, with a total cost of KZT38 bn, all four hydroelectric units of the station were replaced. The new hydroelectric units will allow increasing the generation of electricity at hydroelectric power plants from 480 to 537 mln kWh per year. The construction was carried out by the Austrian-German company Andritz Hydro GmbH. Large-scale reconstruction increased the capacity of the HPP from 100 to 126 MWt. According to specialists of the Kazakh electric power holding company, the project is of great importance for providing electricity to the energy-deficient Turkestan region and increasing the efficiency of water resources use in the region. unquote More details are available on KASE website at: - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/SNRG/snrg_reliz_061020_kz.pdf – in Kazakh; - https://kase.kz/files/emitters/SNRG/snrg_reliz_061020.pdf – in Russian. [2020-10-06]