Kazakhstan to build first major wind power plant in Yereimentau

2 May, 2013 00:00

Kazakhstan will build the first large wind power plant (WPP) at the Yereimentau site in Akmola region with the capacity of 45 megawatts.The First Wind Power Plant LLP and the Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) signed an agreement on a credit line worth 14.2 billion tenge (over $93.8 million) to finance the turnkey construction of the WPP in Kazakhstan, the official website of Kazakhstan Strategy 2050 reports.

The implementation of the project for the WPP construction is the first step towards the introduction of alternative energy, namely, the use of wind energy, which will reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and produce 172 million kilowatt/hours of electrical energy per year without fossil fuels. This will save more than 60 million tons of coal, as well as improve the reliability of the electricity supply in the region.

Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev set the task to receive 50 percent of the country's energy from renewable sources by 2050.

"In addition, in the framework of the upcoming exhibition 'EXPO-2017', it is planned to provide power supply of the exhibits through the energy generated by the Yereimentau WPP," the press service of Samruk-Green Energy LLP said.

allnews