Kazakh-Singaporean consortium to build 3 CHP plants in Kazakhstan
ASTANA. April 7 (Interfax) - A Kazakh-Singaporean consortium will be involved in constructing three combined heat and power plants (CHP) in the cities of Kokshetau, Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk, the head of Samruk-Energy, Kairat Maksutov, said at a government meeting on Tuesday.
"Projects for constructing CHP plants are being implemented in the cities of Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk. On January 30, 2026, EPC [engineering, procurement and construction] contracts were signed with a Kazakh-Singaporean consortium. The commissioning of the plants is planned for the fourth quarter of 2029," Maksutov said.
In addition, according to the presentation accompanying Maksutov's report, an EPC contract for constructing a CHP plant in Kokshetau has also been signed with a Kazakh-Singaporean consortium. Delivery of equipment will begin in 2027, and the commissioning of the plant is planned for Q1 2029.
Maksutov did not reveal the names of the companies included in the consortium.
In February this year, Deputy Energy Minister Sungat Yesimkhanov said that Chinese partners might be involved in constructing three CHP plants in the cities of Kokshetau, Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk.
"I think there will be Chinese partners, so Samruk-Energy is handling each project separately," Yesimkhanov said at the time.
Kazakh Prime Minister Olzhas Bektenov previously instructed the Samruk-Kazyna fund to ensure implementation of CHP plant construction projects in these three cities within the established deadlines.
It was planned that contracts for constructing the CHP plants would be signed by the end of January 2026, with the start of construction work expected in April.
The design capacity of the CHP plant in Kokshetau will be 240 MW, and in Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk it will be 360 MW each.
Initially, Kazakhstan planned to implement the projects jointly with Russia, exploring the possibility of attracting a loan from the Russian government with subsidization. However, negotiations dragged on, and it later became known that Kazakhstan would carry out the construction independently.
