ASTANA, Kazakhstan, March 30. The share of renewable energy in the electricity capacity in Kazakhstan amounted to 21.9 percent at the end of 2023, Trend reports.
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) reported that Kazakhstan's total renewable energy capacity reached 5,663 MW at the end of 2023. The country's renewable energy capacity has more than doubled in the last ten years. Thus, in 2014, the capacity was 2,734 megawatts.
Dynamics of share growth by year from 2014 through 2023:
| Year | Share |
| 2014 | 13.1 percent |
| 2015 | 13.2 percent |
| 2016 | 12.9 percent |
| 2017 | 13.1 percent |
| 2018 | 13.7 percent |
| 2019 | 15.6 percent |
| 2020 | 17.7 percent |
| 2021 | 18.9 percent |
| 2022 | 20.7 percent |
| 2023 | 21.9 percent |
Meanwhile, Kazakhstan's renewable energy installations generated 6.675 billion kWh of electricity by the end of 2023. This volume accounts for 5.92 percent of total electrical energy production in 2023.
The country currently has 147 renewable energy facilities (over 100 kW) 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; and three biogas power plant facilities with a capacity of 1.77 MW.
Furthermore, by the end of 2023, 16 renewable energy facilities with a total installed capacity of 495.57 MW had been operational: 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 two solar power plants with a capacity of 54.77 MW in the Turkestan region.
It is expected to commission 25 renewable energy projects, totaling 599.85 MW, by 2027.