Chairman of the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan Akylbek Japarov laid a capsule at the construction site of a solar power plant with a capacity of 400 megawatts in Kara-Talaa area of Balykchy city, Issyk-Kul region. The press service of the Cabinet of Ministers reported. As Central Asia accelerates its shift toward sustainable energy, the Kyrgyzstan Osh Energy Storage Power Station project emerges as a game-changer. According to Akylbek. Masdar, one of the world"s leading renewable energy companies, has signed an agreement with the Kyrgyz Republic"s Ministry of Energy to develop a pipeline of renewable projects in the Central Asian nation, with a capacity of up to 1 gigawatt (GW), starting with a 200-megawatt (MW) solar. The Green Energy Fund, a state institution under the Cabinet of Ministers of Kyrgyzstan, has announced a tender for the allocation of land plots for the development of renewable energy projects. The list includes seven sites in Osh and Jalal-Abad regions - five for small hydropower plants (HPPs). In Bishkek, a presentation was held for an innovative pilot project related to the implementation of a solar photovoltaic installation, which includes a battery energy storage system (BESS). This project, carried out with the support of the Ministry of Economy and Commerce of the Kyrgyz Republic.