News Kazakhstan30.11.2022
Kazakhstan and France agree to cooperate on climate change
QAZAQ GREEN. On November 30 of this year in Paris (France), the Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Bolat Akchulakov, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, signed a special agreement with the Government of the French Republic «On the implementation of cooperation in the field of combating global warming», the Press Office of Kazakh Energy Ministry reports.
The agreement is aimed at strengthening long-term bilateral cooperation between the Republics, in particular in the field of decarbonization and renewable energy sources (RES).
With the development of major projects that meet the Specific Agreement’s objectives of production of renewable energy sources and green technologies, the Republic of Kazakhstan comes significantly closer to achieving its goal of increasing the share of renewable energy produced in Kazakhstan by up to 15% in electricity generation by 2030.
One of such major projects planned for implementation in 2026 is the construction of a 1 GW wind farm with an energy storage system with a capacity of 300MW-600MW in the Zhambyl region (Mirny settlement) by long-term independent electricity producer, Total Eren alongside Samruk-Kazyna JSC group of companies.
The project is expected to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions annually by at least 2 million tons, and also provides for Kazakhstan content.
It is expected to result generating over 2,000 temporary and permanent jobs and leading to the establishment of a center of competence in the field of renewable energy in Kazakhstan.
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