BAKU, Azerbaijan, Feb. 9
Trend:
Head of the department of the fuel-energy complex and public utilities of Kazakhstan’s capital Nur-Sultan Tolegen Kulushev disclosed timing of full conversion of the capital's CHP-3 (combined heat and power plant) to gas supply at a meeting of the city maslikhat [local representative body], Trend reports via the Kazakh media.
“It’s planned to launch CHP-3 on gas supply during the heating season for 2022-2023, which will give an increase in thermal capacity. We plan to complete the coal section in 2023,” Kulushev said.
According to him, it’s also planned to reconstruct three km of pipelines in 2022 with the additional requested funds in order to improve the reliability of the capital's heat supply.
Earlier, the capital's CHP-1 and CHP-2 were transferred to trust management. In general, 24.4 billion tenge ($57 million) was allocated for the implementation of heat supply projects for 2022-24, of which 21.3 billion tenge ($50 million) for 2022.