ASTANA, Kazakhstan, June 20. The volume of electricity production in Kazakhstan amounted to 51.2 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) from January through May 2024, Trend reports.
Thus, production volume increased by 3.2 percent compared to the same period in 2023 (49.4 billion kilowatt-hours).
At the same time, in May 2024 alone, 9.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were produced in Kazakhstan, which is 6.4 percent more than in the same month of 2023 (8.8 billion kilowatt-hours).
In addition to this, compared to April 2024 (9.67 billion kilowatt-hours), electricity production in May decreased by 2.6 percent.
Meanwhile, electricity production in Kazakhstan amounted to 112.8 billion kWh in 2023. Electricity imports during this period amounted to 3.4 billion kWh, and exports were 1.4 billion kWh.
At the same time, in 2023, the volume of electricity consumption was at the level of 115 billion kWh (in 2022, 112.9 billion kWh).
The nation now boasts 220 power plants, of which 144 are renewable energy facilities with a combined capacity of 2.8 GW. Generally speaking, the capacity was 20.4 GW overall as of January 1, 2024, and the highest usage for the current autumn-winter season was 16.6 GW.