Kazakhstan Increases Production Of Green Electricity
Date
7/24/2024 1:10:12 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 24. The volume of
electricity production by renewable energy sources in Kazakhstan
amounted to 3.896 billion kWh from January through June 2024,
Trend reports.
Thus, compared to the same period last year, production volume
increased by 16 percent. At the same time, the share of green
electricity in total production in the first half of 2024 was 6.47
percent.
In addition, most of the green electricity was produced by wind
power plants - 2.325 billion kWh. This is followed by solar power
plants - 974.9 million kWh and small hydroelectric power plants -
595.36 million kWh.
Meanwhile, Kazakhstan's renewable energy installations had
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, 16 renewable energy facilities with a total
installed capacity of 495.57 MW were put into operation in 2023: 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 Turkistan region.
Hence, a total of 25 renewable energy projects with a combined
599.85 MW of capacity are expected to be commissioned by 2027.
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