The Moinak Hydro Power Plant or (Moynak HPP) (Мойнақ СЭС-і, Moınaq SES-i) is a hydro power plant on the Sharyn River south of Almaty in Almaty Province of Kazakhstan ("Moinak HPP").
Moinak HPP is owned and operated by "JSC Moinakskaya HPP named after. U.D. Kantaeva"[1] JSC Moinakskaya HPP is owned by Samruk Energy JSC [2]
It was commissioned on December 9, 2011,[3] and became fully operational in 2013.[4] It has 2 individual turbines with a nominal output of around 150 MW which deliver up to 300 MW of power[5] and generate 1.027 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity per year.
The main purpose of Moinak HPP is ti function as a power source to cover peak load demands in the south Kazakhstan region.
Moinak HPP is financed by Kazakhstan's and China's National Development Bank