Kazakhstan

/10th February 2021, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ This market report offers an incisive and reliable long-term overview of the photovoltaic sector of the country for the period 2020 ÷ 2030. In view of recent cuts in FIT’s announced in Germany, Spain, France, UK, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Greece and Italy, the Republic of Kazakhstan represents a stable investment environment in the CIS region with clear rules, feed-in tariff support scheme and auction (tender) procedure. The current cumulative installed PV capacity in the country is insignificant, but the number of fully permitted and…

/18th September 2020, EBRD, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is organising new financing for the construction of a 76MWp solar plant in the Karaganda region of Kazakhstan, a leader in the development of renewable energy in Central Asia, with a total installed solar capacity of 216MWp. The US$ 42.6 million package provided to the well-established German developer Joachim Goldbeck Holding GmbH will consist of an EBRD local currency loan of up to US$ 28 million (Kazakh tenge equivalent), a concessional loan of up to US$ 11.5…

/25th June 2020, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ In the first quarter of 2020, the share of green electricity generated in the total amount of energy generated in Kazakhstan was 1.8%. This is 58% more than for the same period in 2019. Renewable energy development in Kazakhstan is accelerating. For three years, the amount of green energy generated has doubled. In 2017 renewable energy power plants in the country generated 1.1 billion kWh, while in 2019 this figure was 2.4 billion kWh. The state plans in 2020 to bring this figure to 3.15…

/18th December 2019, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ The first foreign wind farm investment for Kazakhstan and the first project in the region in the field of renewable energy sources were implemented by Italian investors in the Aktobe region. The ceremony of launching the 'Badamsha-I Wind Farm' was attended by the Ambassador of Italy to Kazakhstan, Pasquale D'Avino, Akim of the Aktobe region Ondasyn Urazalin, Deputy Chairman of the Management Board of JSC “NC“ KAZAKH INVEST ”Birzhan Kaneshev, as well as Executive Vice President of Eni for the Central Asian Region Luka…

/17th December 2019, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ The Republic of Kazakhstan lies in the Eurasian continent's centre equally distant from the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. With its territory of 2,724,900 km² it is the ninth largest country in the world. In the west and the north, it shares borders with the Russian Federation, in the east with China, and in the south with the countries of Central Asia – Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. The national border's overall length is 12,200 km, with 600 km of them passing through the Caspian…

/28th November 2019, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ In the course of the pilot auction for 50 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Kazakhstan there has been a record low price set for solar photovoltaic power generation. The auction was recognized to be succeeded. The auction participants' geography is represented by 6 countries, including Kazakhstan, Italy, Russia, Germany, China, and the Netherlands.

/13th August 2018, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ More than 70 per cent of Kazakhstan’s electricity is produced in ageing coal-fired plants, served by the large volumes of cheap local coal in the northeast part of the country according to Kazakhstan Wind Power Market Outlook 2017÷2026. Consequently, the energy sector, in particular power and heat generation, accounts for 80 per cent of the country’s carbon emissions. Electricity in Kazakhstan is generated by 128 power plants of various forms of ownership. As of 1 January 2017, the total installed capacity of the power…

/24th August 2017, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ Kazakhstan will switch to the mechanism of auctions to develop renewable sources of energy from the beginning of 2018. At the end of 2016, total number of 44 countries of the world is successfully applying an auctions system instead of fixed feed-in tariff support systems. Some of the largest global energy companies will be involved in developing renewable energy power plants in Kazakhstan. Aqua Power, Eni-Agip, General Electric, Shell, SANY Group, Hydro China, and many others are among them. Kazakhstan plans to generate 50 percent…

/30th June 2017, RENEWABLE MARKET WATCHTM/ Specialized Expo 2017 was officially opened on 10 June in Astana, the capital of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The Expo, which is taking place on a site covering 25 hectares, will be open to the public until 10 September 2017. The BIE Member States elected Kazakhstan as the host of Expo 2017 during the General Assembly of 22 November 2012, and Expo 2017 Astana was formally recognized by the General Assembly on 11 June 2014. Expo 2017 is being organized under the theme Future Energy. This,…