ASTANA, Kazakhstan, December 8. China Power International Holding (CPIH) will build a wind power plant in Kazakhstan, Trend reports.
This topic was discussed by the Chairman of the Board of Samruk-Kazyna JSC Nurlan Zhakupov and the Vice President of CPIH Renaguli Tuerdi.
The total capacity of the wind power plant will be 1 GW. It will also have an energy storage system.
The first 500 MW of the wind power plant is planned to be implemented in the Jambyl region.
The parties are developing the project in accordance with the deadlines outlined in the Roadmap signed in June of this year.
Meanwhile, in May of this year, during the visit of the President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev to the Chinese Xi'an, a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between the Samruk-Kazyna JSC, CPIH, SANY Renewable Energy Co Ltd and the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan.
In June, a Roadmap for the implementation of the project was signed, and in October, Samruk-Kazyna and CPIH signed a Joint Development Agreement.
By the end of 2022, there will be 130 renewable energy facilities operating in the Republic with an installed capacity of 2,400 MW (46 WPPs: 958 MW; 44 SPPs: 1148 MW; 37 HPPs: 280 MW; and 3 BioPPs: 1.77 MW).
At the end of 2022, the volume of renewable energy production amounted to 5.11 billion kWh (wind farm: 2.4 billion kWh; solar power plant: 1.76 billion kWh; hydroelectric power station: 934 million kWh), or 4.53 percent of the total volume of electrical energy production. In 2023, this figure will reach 5 percent.
Last year, 12 renewable energy facilities were commissioned with a total capacity of 385 MW and a total investment of 180 billion tenge (about $374 million).
In 2023, 15 facilities with a total capacity of 276 MW will be commissioned.
