ASTANA, Kazakhstan, December 6. Large renewable energy facilities are planned to be built in the Jambyl region of Kazakhstan, said the head of the region Yerbol Karashukeyev, Trend reports.
Renewable energy sources are developing dynamically in Kazakhstan. One of the leading regions in this area is Jambyl region. There are 21 facilities with a solar and wind energy generation capacity of 450-460 MW.
It is planned to implement three large investment projects in the region. Without giving the details, Karashukeyev said investors from France and UAE are involved.
By the end of 2026-2027, it is planned to increase the capacity from the current 450 MW to 2.5 GW of wind energy.
According to him, it is planned to open a plant for manufacturing of equipment, devices that feed on wind energy.
By the end of 2022, there are 130 renewable energy facilities operating in the country with an installed capacity of 2,400 MW (46 WPPs – 958 MW; 44 SPPs – 1148 MW; 37 HPPs – 280 MW; 3 BioPPs – 1.77 MW).
At the end of 2022, the volume of renewable energy production amounted to 5.11 billion kWh (wind farm - 2.4 billion kWh; solar power plant - 1.76 billion kWh; hydroelectric power station - 934 million kWh;) or 4.53 percent of the total volume of electrical energy production. In 2023, this figure will reach 5 percent.
Last year, 12 renewable energy facilities were commissioned with a total capacity of 385 MW with a total investment of 180 billion tenge (about $374 million).
In 2023, 15 facilities with a total capacity of 276 MW will be commissioned.