In this sense, a large part of Almaty, the economic capital of Kazakhstan, was without electricity, as were the capitals of Uzbekistan, Tashkent, and Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, according to the AFP news agency.
The Ministry of Energy of Uzbekistan said in a statement released on Telegram that the blackout was due to an accident in the Kazakhstan network.
“As a result of a major accident in the energy networks of the Republic of Kazakhstan, there was a blackout in the cities of Almaty, Shymkent, Taras, (in the region of) Turkestan and adjacent areas,” the statement said.
“The Uzbek power grid, which is connected to the Unified Power Grid, was damaged by an accident that triggered sudden voltage and frequency changes on 530 lines from Kazakhstan,” it added.
The outages are due to “an accident that affected the regional power grid,” a spokesman for Kyrgyzstan’s energy ministry told AFP, without providing further details.
Kegoc, the Kazakh electricity company, reported an “electrical overload”, but did not offer more details about the fault.
Central Asia’s power grid has been affected by a major summer drought that has reduced hydroelectric generation in Kyrgyzstan, a major regional producer.
On the other hand, the boom in cryptocurrency mining in this region, particularly in Kazakhstan after the ban on this activity in China, has increased demand and causes tensions in supply.
Among the paralyzed infrastructures are the Tashkent airport, which stopped the takeoff of flights due to the blackout, according to the Russian press agency Ria, and the Bishkek airport, which works “but not at full capacity,” its managers said in a statement quoted by local media.
Still in the capital of Kyrgyzstan, the media indicate that the failure interrupted the operation of the pumping stations, which is affecting the distribution of water.
In addition, in Tashkent, the subway was stopped and in a ski resort near this city some 80 people had to be rescued after being trapped in the cable cars, Russian agencies indicated.
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