Accident at new TPP in Syrdarya causes power outages in two countries

The incident occurred at 5:05 during commissioning works. The activation of automatic protection systems caused short-term electricity disruptions in some districts of the republic. According to the Ministry of Energy, the restrictions mainly affected household consumers and agricultural pumping stations. By 7:27, power supply was fully restored by bringing backup capacities of power plants and energy storage systems online.

The failure also affected the unified grid of Kazakhstan. Kazakh operator KEGOC reported that the tripping of 1,516 MW of generation in Uzbekistan (estimated by the Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan at 1,600 MW) led to a power surge and the separation of the North-South transit. Restrictions for consumers in Kazakhstan reached 962 MW, but parallel operation of the power systems was restored by 5:43.

The 1,573 MW power plant in the Bayaut district of Syrdarya region was launched on August 25. The $900 million project was implemented by a consortium of EDF (France), Nebras Power (Qatar), Sojitz, and Kyuden International (Japan).