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Kazakhstan intends to implement 180 renewable energy projects by 2030

Askar Mamin recalled that in Glasgow, Kazakhstan announced its goal to increase the volume of energy from renewable sources fivefold (from 3% to 15%) by 2030

NUR-SULTAN, December 3. /TASS/. Kazakhstan intends to commission 180 renewable energy facilities with a total capacity of 9 GW by 2030, press service of Prime Minister Askar Mamin announced on Friday.

According to the government, 25 projects in the field of renewable energy with a total capacity of around 600 MW were commissioned last year, the volume of investments in them exceeded $510 mln. By the end of the year, 22 projects with a total capacity of 450 MW will be implemented using $445 mln. In addition, over the next four years, the country plans to launch more than 60 new projects with a capacity of 2,400 MW and an investment volume of more than $2.5 bln.

"In general, by 2030 Kazakhstan plans to commission more than 180 renewable energy projects with a total capacity of 9 GW. There is no doubt that our country will fulfill all its obligations within COP26 [the 26th UN climate change conference of the parties held in Glasgow in early November] in time," Mamin said.

He also recalled that in Glasgow, Kazakhstan announced its goal to increase the volume of energy from renewable sources fivefold (from 3% to 15%) by 2030, to raise the potential for carbon sequestration by planting more than 2 bln trees, and to ensure reaching carbon neutrality by 2060.