Kyrgyzstan plans 2 GW solar cell manufacturing plant

Government ministers in Kyrgyzstan have met with Singapore-based company Sunvera Solar Pte. Ltd. to discuss establishing solar manufacturing facilities in Kyrgyzstan.

According to an update from the country’s Ministry of Economy and Commerce, the parties discussed the establishment of a high-efficiency solar cell production facility with a planned capacity up to 2 GW.

Sunvera Solar considers the project as one of its is key international investment initiatives, the update adds.

The ministry also confirmed that the two parties will now work on assessing the conditions for implementing the project and will organize site visits to potential production locations.

Kyrgyzstan’s solar market is still in its relative infancy. The country’s cumulative solar capacity reached 100 MW by the end of last year, according to figures from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), up from 0 MW at the end of the year prior, following the inauguration of a 100 MW project located in the northern Chui region last December.

The country’s largest operational solar asset, a 175 MW site, was switched on in June. The array marks the first phase of a planned 1.9 GW solar project being implemented, financed and managed by Vietnam’s Rox Energy Global and RECA LLC.

Several other large-scale solar projects are under development in Kyrgyzstan. Last November, the country’s National Investment Agency entered into an agreement with Hungary’s Electron Holding for the development of 300 MW of solar. A month prior, the Energy Ministry signed an investment agreement with a consortia of Chinese companies for a 250 MW solar project scheduled for completion in 2027.