On 24–25 June, our team took part in the 4th International Forum “Thermal Power Plants Central Asia” in Astana. It brought together energy companies, government bodies, and technology providers around one question that runs through the whole region: how to keep an ageing thermal fleet running while expanding capacity at the same time.
The scale of the task
The numbers presented at the forum set the context. Kazakhstan’s national coal-generation programme alone points to around 7.8 GW of new and modernised capacity by 2030. Major projects include the Ekibastuz energy cluster (~2,640 MW), a new plant in Kurchatov (700 MW), and a unit in Zhezkazgan (500 MW), alongside new thermal plants in several other cities. Behind those figures is a fleet that supplies the bulk of the region’s electricity — and much of it has been in service for decades.
Modernisation, not only new build
What stood out to us is how much of this agenda is about modernisation rather than new construction alone. Extending the service life of turbines that have run for decades is a precise engineering task, and it comes down to one practical factor: reliable access to spare parts and components made to the right standards and tolerances. For operators planning overhauls and life-extension across the region, availability of quality parts is not a detail — it is what keeps the programme moving.
Where RotorsTech fits
This is exactly the work we do. RotorsTech manufactures spare parts and components for steam and gas turbines and turbogenerators, including legacy units. When the original documentation is no longer available, we produce parts to customer drawings through reverse engineering. The demand discussed in Astana is the demand we build for — which is why the forum was valuable not only as a read on the market, but as a place for real conversations with people across the region’s energy sector.
Let’s talk
We’re grateful to the organisers, Vostock Capital, and to everyone we met and discussed future projects with. If your plans involve turbine overhauls, modernisation, or life extension, we’d be glad to move from conversation to concrete engineering solutions.
Contact us: info@rotors.tech
