(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan. April 3. Kazakhstan's totalsolar energy capacity amounted to 1,306 MW at the end of 2023,Trend reports.According to the report prepared by the International RenewableEnergy Agency (IRENA), the country's solar energy capacity hasincreased 261 times over the past 10 years. Thus, in 2014, thecapacity was 5 MW.
Capacity growth table by year compared to2014:
| Year | Capacity | Growth |
| 2014 | 5 MW | ----- |
| 2015 | 57 MW | by 11.4 times |
| 2016 | 57 MW | by 11.4 times |
| 2017 | 59 MW | by 11.8 times |
| 2018 | 209 MW | by 41.8 times |
| 2019 | 542 MW | by 108 times |
| 2020 | 912 MW | by 182 times |
| 2021 | 1,038 MW | by 207 times |
| 2022 | 1,146 MW | by 229 times |
| 2023 | 1,306 MW | by 261 times |
Meanwhile, Kazakhstan's renewable energy installations generated6.675 billion kWh of electricity by the end of 2023. This volumeaccounts for 5.92 percent of total electrical energy production in2023.
The country currently has 147 renewable energy facilities (over100 kW) with an installed capacity of 2,903.54 MW: 59 wind powerplants with a capacity of 1,409.55 MW; 46 solar power plantfacilities with a capacity of 1,222.61 MW; 39 hydroelectric powerplants with a capacity of 269.605 MW; and three biogas power plantfacilities with a capacity of 1.77 MW.
Furthermore, by the end of 2023, 16 renewable energy facilitieswith 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 andZhetysu regions, 2 hydroelectric power plants with a total capacityof 3.7 MW in the Almaty and Turkestan regions, and two solar powerplants with a capacity of 54.77 MW in the Turkestan region.
By 2027, it is planned to commission 25 renewable energyprojects with a capacity of 599.85 MW.
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