Turkestan 1,000 MW CCGT: equipment installed, commissioning under way — start-up next year

A 1,000 MW combined-cycle power plant is being built on a 60-hectare site in Turkestan region, TV channel 24KZ reported on 6 November 2026.

According to 24KZ, steam and gas turbines, boilers and generators are installed at the plant, with commissioning and protection-system mode checks under way. Construction of the high-voltage open switchyard is fully complete. Azat Bastarbek, lead power engineer of the construction department at PGU Turkestan LLP, said the equipment is 100% installed and cabling connected. Chairman Ulan Burkitov said the full 1,000 MW will be fed into the national grid. Start-up is planned next year; around 600 permanent jobs are expected. Regional demand is about 1,000 MW against local generation of about 120 MW.

Exclusive.kz earlier described the main-equipment logistics (20 March 2026): gas and steam turbines and generators for the project (with South Korea’s Doosan Enerbility) travelled over 18,000 km — by sea from Hamburg around the Cape of Good Hope to Tianjin, then about 5,300 km overland via the Khorgos border crossing. A single gas turbine weighs about 204 t; multi-axle modular trailers were used, and a 600 t crawler crane worked on site.

For energy project cargo this is an example of a China — Khorgos — southern Kazakhstan chain with a heavy road leg and on-site erection. Gateway Logistics handles project cargo and oversized moves on 45 t / 5-axle and 90 t / 10-axle lowbeds, with route surveys and special permits.

Sources: 24KZ, 6 November 2026; Exclusive.kz, 20 March 2026.