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Kazakhstan sticks with coal: 960 MW in three new combined heat and power plants, two with a Kazakh-Singaporean consortium

EUROENERGY NEWSROOM | Kazakhstan | 5 Nov 2026

The combined heat and power plants in Semey and Ust-Kamenogorsk are being built by a consortium in which a Singaporean company supplies the equipment, the head of Samruk-Energy confirmed on 4 November. Together with the plant in Kokshetau, they add up to 960 MW of coal-fired capacity, the fuel that provides 62.1% of Kazakhstan’s electricity.

Day-ahead price today in Romania (€/MWh)

01:00 267.78
02:00 279.53
03:00 286.86
04:00 322.64
05:00 266.72
06:00 296.19
07:00 341.10
08:00 339.49
09:00 405.64
10:00 377.45
11:00 383.66
12:00 382.32
13:00 377.90
14:00 411.78
15:00 396.98
16:00 391.38
17:00 389.41
18:00 423.95
19:00 412.45
20:00 394.74
21:00 408.79
22:00 374.35
23:00 286.98
00:00 243.33

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Romania's consumption today (MW)

00:00–01:00 · 5,871 MW 00:00 01:00–02:00 · 5,836 MW 01:00 02:00–03:00 · 5,750 MW 02:00 03:00–04:00 · 5,706 MW 03:00 04:00–05:00 · 5,609 MW 04:00 05:00–06:00 · 5,822 MW 05:00 06:00–07:00 · 6,390 MW 06:00 07:00–08:00 · 7,059 MW 07:00 08:00–09:00 · 7,320 MW 08:00 09:00–10:00 · 7,159 MW 09:00 10:00–11:00 · 6,843 MW 10:00 11:00–12:00 · 6,458 MW 11:00 12:00–13:00 · 6,290 MW 12:00 13:00–14:00 · 6,524 MW 13:00 14:00–15:00 · 6,750 MW 14:00 15:00–16:00 · 7,171 MW 15:00 16:00–17:00 · 7,564 MW 16:00 17:00–18:00 · 7,926 MW 17:00 18:00–19:00 · 7,933 MW 18:00 19:00–20:00 · 7,816 MW 19:00 20:00–21:00 · 7,659 MW 20:00 21:00–22:00 · 7,223 MW 21:00 22:00–23:00 · 6,642 MW 22:00 6,642MW22:00–23:00

● low-consumption hours ● average consumption ● peak hours

Quick data

Romania 352.6 €/MWh ▼ 14.1%

France 252.2 €/MWh ▼ 17.2%

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