ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 17. Kazakhstan has launched the construction of a plant for the production of solar modules of local investor Altyn Group LLP under the TGS-Solar brand in the Alatau SEZ in Almaty, Trend reports, citing the KAZAKH INVEST (Kazakhstan's national company).
The solar module plant, worth 2.9 billion tenge (about $6.1 million) and with a capacity of 150 MW per year, will be equipped with modern installations, including automatic module assembly lines, laser plasma cutters, and automatic welding machines.
The power of one solar module will be from 585 W, while the planned production volume will be 250,000 modules per year.
The plant will be located on a land plot of more than 2 hectares. The plant will create more than 100 new jobs for local specialists.
According to KAZAKH INVEST, the project aims to increase the share of renewable energy sources in Kazakhstan's electricity production.
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.