ASTANA, Kazakhstan, March 27. Kazakhstan’s total renewable energy capacity amounted to 5,663 MW at the end of 2023, Trend reports.
According to the report prepared by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), the country's renewable energy capacity has more than doubled over the past 10 years. Thus, in 2014, the capacity was 2,734 MW.
Capacity growth table by year compared to 2014:
| Year | Capacity | Growth |
| 2014 | 2,734 MW | ----- |
| 2015 | 2,807 MW | 2.6 percent |
| 2016 | 2,851 MW | 4.3 percent |
| 2017 | 2,898 MW | 6 percent |
| 2018 | 3,088 MW | 12.9 percent |
| 2019 | 3,606 MW | 31.9 percent |
| 2020 | 4,190 MW | 53.2 percent |
| 2021 | 4,536 MW | 65.9 percent |
| 2022 | 5,069 MW | 85.4 percent |
| 2023 | 5,663 MW | 107.1 percent |
As previously stated by the Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan, Almassadam Satkaliev, Kazakhstan plans to put into operation 11 renewable energy facilities with a total capacity of 259 MW in 2024.
The data from the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan shows that by the end of 2022, there were 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.
In 2022, 12 renewable energy facilities were commissioned with a total capacity of 385 MW and a total investment of 180 billion tenge (about $374 million).