ASTANA, Kazakhstan, March 28. The volume of electricity generated by renewable energy facilities in Kazakhstan amounted to 6.675 billion kWh at the end of 2023, Trend reports.
According to the Energy Ministry, this volume constitutes 5.92 percent of the total volume of electrical energy production in 2023.
Currently, there are 147 renewable energy facilities (over 100 kW) in the country with an installed capacity of 2,903.54 MW:
- 59 wind power plants with a capacity of 1,409.55 MW;
- 46 solar power plant facilities with a capacity of 1,222.61 MW;
- 39 hydroelectric power plants with a capacity of 269.605 MW;
- 3 biogas power plant facilities with a capacity of 1.77 MW.
In addition to this, at the end of 2023, 16 renewable energy facilities with a total installed capacity of 495.57 MW were put into operation: 12 wind farms with a total capacity of 437.1 MW in the Akmola and Zhetysu regions, 2 hydroelectric power plants with a total capacity of 3.7 MW in the Almaty and Turkestan regions, and 2 solar power plants with a capacity of 54.77 MW in the Turkestan region.
By 2027, it is planned to commission 25 renewable energy projects with a capacity of 599.85 MW.
"In general, in recent years, significant steps have been taken to improve the investment climate in the renewable energy sector, taking into account global practices as well as through the active implementation of government policy aimed at taking systematic measures for the development of renewable energy sources," the ministry said.
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.