ASTANA, Kazakhstan, December 7. Italian Eni Plenitude's Arm Wind is developing a hybrid power plant project in Kazakhstan, Managing Director of Eni Plenitude's Arm Wind Alex Stillavato said, Trend reports.
He made the remark in talks with President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev.
A renewable energy source+gas hybrid power plant with a capacity of 250 MW will be built near the city of Zhanaozen in the Mangistau region together with KazMunayGas JSC (Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company).
Stillavato also presented information about the projects implemented in Kazakhstan.
In particular, the company constructed the Badamsha-1 wind farm, the Badamsha-2 wind farm in the Aktobe region, and the first solar power plant with a capacity of 50 MW near the village of Shaulder in the Turkestan region.
By the end of 2022, there are 130 renewable energy facilities operating in the Republic 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.