(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 8. The EU is interestedin expanding cooperation with Kazakhstan in the field of renewableenergy sources, Kestutis Jankauskas, EU Ambassador to Kazakhstan,told Trend .
"As the EU moves away from fossil fuels, we want to work withKazakhstan on renewable energy and green technologies. Kazakhstanis abundant in solar and wind power. So far, it has implementedcertain renewable power producing facilities with Europeaninvestors," he said.
According to the ambassador, one of the largest is theGerman-Swedish SVEVIND project to produce green hydrogen in theWestern Mangystau region of Kazakhstan.
"Within two years, it will supply Kazakhstan with green hydrogento boost its global competitiveness and send green energy toEurope. So, project success depends on the Trans-Caspian corridor,"Jankauskas noted.
He pointed out that European companies are also successfullydeveloping renewable wind or solar projects in Kazakhstan.
"The Team Europe Initiative on Water, Energy and Climate whichbundles activities from Member States and the EU in Central Asia,will start its implementation with a first 20 million euro programand support regional energy cooperation and grid development. Ourexperience in Europe shows that such cooperation will stimulate thegreen transition and the reduction of emissions," he added.
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.
Hence, a total of 25 renewable energy projects with a combined599.85 MW of capacity are expected to be commissioned by 2027.
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