BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 13. Kazakhstan's
electricity generation reached 91.7 billion kilowatt-hours in the
first nine months of 2026, Deputy Minister of Energy Yerlan Akbarov
said at a government meeting.
This was announced in a statement by the press service of the
Kazakh government.
He announced that around 2.4 gigawatts (GW) of conventional
power generation capacity is planned to be commissioned this year
to reduce the electricity deficit.
The projects include the modernization of Almaty CHP-2 and
CHP-3, with capacities of 557 megawatts (MW) and 544 MW,
respectively; the construction of a 1,000 MW combined-cycle power
plant in Turkistan region; and the commissioning of turbine unit
No. 11 and installation of boiler No. 15 at Atyrau CHP.
A 240 MW combined-cycle power plant in Kyzylorda region has
already been commissioned, along with three waste-heat recovery
boilers, as well as three waste-heat recovery boilers and a 17 MW
steam turbine-generator at the Tekeli energy complex.
"Electricity generation from renewable energy facilities totaled
7.8 billion kWh in the first nine months. The target for 2026 is
8.8 billion kWh. This year, 10 renewable energy facilities with a
combined installed capacity of 245.8 MW are planned to be
commissioned. Seven facilities with a total capacity of 212.6 MW
have already been commissioned. By the end of the year, two solar
power plants with a combined capacity of 30 MW and one hydropower
plant with a capacity of 3.2 MW are planned to be commissioned,"
Akbarov said.
