Overview
- Thermal Power Plant‑4’s Unit 8 suffered a blowout at 06:11 on Jan. 20, was repaired and re‑synchronized at 09:46, and the incident created an immediate shortfall of about 100 MW.
- The government applied roughly 160 MW of rolling restrictions across 16 blocks, limiting individual outages to under two hours, as Booroljuut’s output fell to about 120 MW because coal with 42% moisture froze at intake.
- Energy Minister B. Choijilsuren said new generation—largely financed and built by private investors—puts the central system on track to eliminate capacity deficits from 2027.
- Ulaanbaatar began early retail sales of 5,000 tonnes of reserve meat through 375 stores, pricing mutton at ₮13,000 and beef at ₮15,000 per kilogram to stabilize supplies and costs.
- A World Bank‑financed first phase of flood‑protection works will build 102.72 km of dikes and channels at nine sites in the capital, with implementation running through 2028.