ASTANA, Kazakhstan, December 25. The volume of electricity production in the Kazakhstan's ambyl region of Kazakhstan amounted to 4 billion kWh from January through November 2023, said Vice Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Alibek Zhamauov, Trend reports.
As Alibek Zhamauov noted, electricity consumption in the region is 4.7 billion kWh.
According to him, issues of providing electricity and heat are one of the main tasks of the ministry.
The main source of electricity is "Jambyl State District Power Plant JSC, named after. T.I. Baturov", the installed electrical capacity of which is 1230 MW.
In addition, the main source of heat in the region is Tarazenergocenter JSC (CHP-4) with an installed thermal capacity of 685 Gcal.
Meanwhile, in 2022, Kazakhstan produced 113.8 billion kWh of electricity, which is 1.1 percent less than in 2021.
Exports amounted to 2.2 billion kWh (+16.1 percent). The main buyers were: Russia – 1.5 billion kWh (+16.6 percent), Kyrgyzstan – 690 million kWh (+15.1 percent).
In turn, Kazakhstan bought 1.7 times more electricity than a year earlier - 3.7 billion kWh. Most of it was imported from Russia - 1.9 billion kWh (+8.4 percent), and Kyrgyzstan supplied 1.7 billion kWh (+5.6 times).
