Kazakh PM held a meeting of Green Economy Transition Council

A meeting of the Council on the transition to a green economy under the President of Kazakhstan took place under the chairmanship of Kazakh Prime Minister Askar Mamin, primeminister.kz informs.

Minister of Energy Nurlan Nogayev reported on the progress in implementing the Action Plan of the Concept on the transition to a green economy for 2013-2020, while Mayor of Nur-Sultan Altay Kulginov reported on the measures to improve the environmental situation and develop a green economy in the regions and Deputy Mayor of Almaty Mukhit Azirbayev.

The meeting participants reviewed the implementation of one of the five social initiatives of First President - Elbasy Nursultan Nazarbayev - the construction of the Saryarka gas pipeline for gas supply to the capital, northern and central regions of the country.

The construction of the gas pipeline to the city of Nur-Sultan is at the completion stage, acceptance into operation is scheduled for December 31, 2012. At the same time, preparatory work is underway to build gas distribution networks in the capital, Karaganda and Akmola regions.

The development of renewable energy sources was discussed - 84 RES facilities with an installed capacity of 938.8 MW are operating in the country. The volume of renewable energy generation for 10 months of this year amounted to 1.7 billion kW/h with an increase of 65% compared to the same period in 2018.

Since the beginning of this year, 16 renewable energy facilities with a capacity of 407.17 MW have been commissioned. By the end of the year, 3 renewable energy facilities with a capacity of 102.8 MW will be commissioned, thus increasing the total capacity of renewable energy facilities to 1042 MW. In 2020, the number of renewable energy facilities is planned to be increased to 108 (1610 MW), in 2021 - to 119 (2096 MW).

Minister of National Economy Ruslan Dalenov and Director of the Green Academy Research and Education Centre Bakhyt Yesekina made reports on the results of the study on green growth in Kazakhstan under an agreement between the Government of Kazakhstan and the OECD.

In particular, the OECD Green Growth Indicators National Report recommended continuing the improvement of the legislative and institutional framework for the transition to a green economy, statistical reporting with the introduction of new green indicators and a methodology for assessing progress in the transition to a green economy in accordance with international standards.

The Council on the transition to a green economy under the President was formed by the presidential decree in May 2014. The Council has 8 working groups on issues of water resources management, agricultural development, energy conservation and energy efficiency, development of the electric power industry, including renewable energy, waste management, reducing air pollution, ecosystem management, education and the formation of environmental culture of the population.

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