"Moynakskaya" hydropower plant to be commissioned in 2011 - Economy Ministry
18:24, 26 June 2009
ASTANA. June 26. KAZINFORM. /Damir Baimanov/ Moinakskaya hydro power station in Almaty region is planned to be put into operation in December 2011. Director of the Department for Development of Electric Energy and Coal Industry of Kazakh Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry Nesipkul Bertisbayev has made it public at a press conference today.
"The project envisages creation of a mobile electrical power unit for the supply of electric energy to the energy system of southern part of Kazakhstan. The evaluated cost of the projects make up KZT 54.1 billion", he said.
About 600 people are employed in the construction of the power station: 80% - Kazakh specialists, 20% - Chinese ones.