Renewable energy in Kazakhstan
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KAZAKHSTAN, 2015/11/22
Kazakhstan plans to commission 106 facilities to generate energy from renewable energy sources by late 2020, according to the country’s Energy Ministry.
The country will commission 28 solar power plants with a capacity of 713.5 megawatts in Almaty, Zhambyl, Atyrau, Karaganda, Kyzylorda, South Kazakhstan and Mangistau provinces, the ministry told Trend.
The total capacity of these facilities will all to around 3.055 megawatts.
The ministry said all these projects are being implemented with foreign funds and are not financed from the national budget.
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JAPAN, 2015/10/29
Kazakhstan's Kazatomprom Company has signed an agreement on cooperation with Qatar in solar energy development.
Kazatomprom reported on October 28 that a framework agreement on a joint venture in the field of solar energy was signed with Qatar Solar Energy.
According to the agreement, Kazatomprom is becoming a strategic shareholder of the Qatari company and is able to expand the chain of production of solar panels from raw materials to the electricity generation, to increase the production capacity of existing enterprises and to start producing ingots and cells with a capacity up to 1,000 MW.
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KAZAKHSTAN, 2014/09/15
The share of renewable energy sources in Kazakhstan's power grid will reach to 3 % by 2020.
The news was announced by Astana Solar LLP, a company involved in the production of solar cells, Trend Agency reported.
"The company plans to commission some renewable energy source facilities with a total installed capacity of 3,054.5 MW, some 713.5 MW of which will account for 28 solar power plants in 2014- 2020. Under the plan, the share of renewable energy sources in the country's energy system will stand at 3 % by 2020," the Astana Solar LLP noted.
