№ 5 (49), 2011 - KazEnergy

actualThe wind energypotential inKazakhstan isestimated tobe from 0.929to 1.82 billionkW / year.State Support Priorities. Certain hopesmay be associated with the adoption in thepast few years of a number of legislative andindustry programs aimed at supporting renewableenergy sources.Even now we can talk about an increasinginvestors interest, including foreign investors(primarily China and Germany), to therenewable energy sources projects in Kazakhstan,due to the adoption of the key provisionsin the national legislation.Kazakhstan was the first Central Asiancountry to develop a strategy for the transiingenergy networks may be cost-effectivein energy-deficient regions of Kazakhstan.At the same time it is the renewable energythat can be the key factor in the developmentof remote regions.However, it is objective that the objects of renewableenergy are much less profitable andmore capital-intensive than the traditionalones. The private business is quite scepticalabout the use of renewable energy sources,including due to lack of awareness and lackof experience in their use. This requires aselective approach to their implementation,while attaches particular importance to publicsector support.Despite the measures taken at the nationallevel, the renewable and alternative energysources (excluding large hydro power stations)are not developed in Kazakhstan. Untilnow, the Republic has not implementeda single major project in this area, despiteseveral attempts of construction, in particular,of wind power systems.For example, according to the Ministry ofEnvironmental Protection of the RK, theshare of alternative energy sources to totalelectricity generation in 2010 amounted toonly 0.03%, according to the Ministry of Industryand New Technologies of the RK itis 0.46% (including small hydropower systems).According to the Kazakh ResearchInstitute of Energy named after S. Chokinthe operating power of the renewable energysources are mainly presented by severalmini-hydro power stations.This is dramatically lower than the levelfixed by the development of renewable energyin the developed world. For comparison,even in Russia, which is among the world'soutsiders on the use of the advanced renewableenergy sources, their share is fixed at1% of total electricity production, while theshare of thermal energy produced at theirbase is reaching about 3%.Given the energy produced by large hydroelectricpower stations, the share of renewableenergy sources in the energy of Kazakhstanis about 12.3%.Share of the windenergy stations(including largeHES) in Kazakhstanienergy industry.Source: Ministry ofIndustry and NewTechnologies of the RK.70 № 5 (49), 2011