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Inside Kazakhstan's Green Energy Transformation

OilPrice · Felicity Bradstock · last updated
The Central Asian state of Kazakhstan – the world’s largest landlocked country – has major renewable energy ambitions that include wind, solar, and hydropower, as well as green hydrogen, as part of the government’s aims for a green transition. The government plans to support a shift away from a reliance on fossil fuels to a lower-carbon power sector. At present, coal continues to be Kazakhstan’s main energy source, providing around 64.7 percent of?the total projected generation?and 74 percent of thermal generation…