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Italian company reveals time of starting wind farm construction in Kazakhstan

Oil&Gas Materials 24 October 2018 10:43 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Oct.24

By Leman Zeynalova – Trend:

Eni S.p.A, an Italian multinational oil and gas company, will start building a wind farm in Kazakhstan’s Aktobe region (Badamsha project) in the fourth quarter of 2018, the company told Trend.

The construction work of the plant is expected to be completed by late 2019, according to Eni.

“The time line of the large-scale wind farm project is Q4 18 – Q4 19,” said the company.

The wind farm will provide the Aktobe region with an annual power generation of about 198 GWh.

The Badamsha project represents the first material step of the Memorandum of Understanding signed between Eni, General Electric (GE) and the Minister of Energy, Kanat Bozumbayev, to promote the development of renewable energy projects in Kazakhstan. Last June Eni signed a number of strategic cooperation agreements both in the upstream and renewable energy sectors with the aim of supporting the sustainable economic growth of the country.

Eni has been present in Kazakhstan since 1992. Eni is joint operator of the Karachaganak field and is an equity partner in various projects in the Northern Caspian Sea, including the giant Kashagan field. In 2018 Eni became joint operator in the exploration block Isatay, with the national company KMG.

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