BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 2. The total generation capacity of renewable energy sources in Kazakhstan as of October 1, 2022, totaled 2,300 MW, a 21-percent increase, compared to the same period last year, Trend reports, citing Kazakh media.
The majority of the indicated capacity came from solar power plants - 1,100 MW (11.3-percent increase year-on-year). Another 893.9 MW came from wind power plants, 280.2 MW - from small hydropower plants, and 1.5 MW - from bioelectric power plants.
The share of electricity generated by renewable energy facilities amounted to 4.6 percent of the total generation capacity in Kazakhstan (3.9 percent in the reporting period of 2021).
Meanwhile, electricity generation by renewable energy facilities from January through September 2022 amounted to 3.9 billion kWh, which is 21 percent more than a year earlier. Wind power plants generated 1.6 billion kWh, which constitutes a 38.5-percent annual increase. Solar power plants demonstrated similar results - 1.5 billion kWh.
Small hydropower plant energy generation saw a 17.6-percent increase and reached 789.8 million kWh. Meanwhile, bioelectric power plants’ output decreased by 56.9 percent and dropped to 1.1 million kWh.