Heating sector in Kyrgyz Republic: Time to Act!

HEATING IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC THE WORLD BANK IBRD • IDA | WORLD BANK GROUP TIME TO ACT IIIIIIIIIIIII Residential tariffs are below cost recovery, estimated to cover only 13 to 50% of the cost of heat supply. District heating now serves about 19% of the urban population, while the remaining households in urban areas rely on inefficient electric heating (35%) or polluting coal-fired stoves and boilers (around 40%). Network losses exceed 25% Most of the heat generation of the heat dispatched from facilities were commissioned the Combined Heat and 25% some 20 - 50 years ago. BISHKEK Power plant. CHP1 SOVIET ERA AFTER 1991 The number of network 1968 Many households connected to the district heating system supplement their heat by using electric radiators. breakdowns per heating season increased from around 50 in the early 1990s to more than 300 in 2013. Ш 444 300 In recent years, the residential electricity consumption rate increases by 62% during winter months. ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION 62% Due to high reliance on solid fuels and inefficent heating technologies, the Kyrgyz Republic ranks among the two worst-affected countries in Europe and Central Asia region for diseases resulting from indoor air pollution. The use of inefficient solid fuel-fired stoves and boilers result in 20-30% higher coal consumption compared to more efficient models. The energy consumption in public and residential buildings could be reduced by 30-50% through basic energy efficiency measures. TIME FOR ACTION IS NOW A mix of investment and policy measures is needed to address the key challenges in the heating sector and meet residential and public sector heating demand. Program supporting the switch to more Scalable program to improve energy efficiency in public and residential efficient individual Implementation heating systems. Investment package to improve the reliability and efficiency of the distric heating system. O ) of the gasification plan and upgrading of natural gas buildings. infrastructure. Rehabilitation or replacement of small heat-only-boilers. TlLII Implementation of tariff reforms. To learn more, please download the report: HEATING ASSESSMENT FOR THE URBAN BUILDING SECTOR IN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC www.worldbank.org.kg