Current Hydropower Potential of Kazakhstan
The article considers the strategy of Kazakhstan toward hydropower facilities development, as well as defines the current achievements of the country in the water management. The author pays special attention to the national strategy of the Kazakhstani go
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Introduction National Legislation Related to the RES Development Strategy Practical Issues Kazakhstan’s Water Basins Current and Potential Hydropower Facilities 5.1 The East Kazakhstan Region 5.2 The Almaty Region 5.3 The Zhambyl Region 5.4 The Turkestan Region 6 Conclusions References
Abstract The article considers the strategy of Kazakhstan toward hydropower facilities development, as well as defines the current achievements of the country in the water management. The author pays special attention to the national strategy of the Kazakhstani government in the sphere of the renewable energy sources development giving detailed information about the role of the hydropower plants in the further increase of the total energy generation in the country. The article also highlights specific features of the hydropower sector development in Kazakhstan focusing on evaluation of exciting and projected facilities in the three hydropower resource-rich regions of the country. Keywords Electricity generation, Hydropower potential, Kazakhstan, Large and small hydropower plants, Renewable energy sources
L. A. Parkhomchik (*) Institute of Word Economics and Politics under the Foundation of the First President of Kazakhstan, Almaty, Kazakhstan e-mail: [email protected] Igor S. Zonn, Sergey S. Zhiltsov, Andrey G. Kostianoy, and Aleksandr V. Semenov (eds.), Water Resources Management in Central Asia, Hdb Env Chem, DOI 10.1007/698_2020_620, © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
L. A. Parkhomchik
1 Introduction As an energy-rich developing country, Kazakhstan is deeply concerned over its role in the global energy security. The second wave of the world economic crisis (2011–2012) accompanied with the sharp drop in oil prices clearly demonstrated the necessity for Kazakhstan to accelerate the process of moving from a hydrocarbon-oriented economy to diversified and “green” energy technologiesoriented model of economic development. In recent years the strategy on the extension of the scope of the renewable energy sources (RES) could be considered as one of the key action areas of the Kazakhstan’s government regarding the energy complex modernization. Increased attention paid to the establishing of a stable complex of RES in Kazakhstan is reflected in shaping relevant legislation that provides opportunities for local and foreign investors to implement projects on construction of the energy generation facilities with the use of the RES. Despite the fact that the technical implementation of the renewable and alternative energy sources such as solar, wind, water, and geothermal heat, which could be used for the electricity generation, faces many difficulties during the process of their further integration into the national energy system, the Kazakhstani authorities are looking forward to increase the installed capacity of the RES in total energy generation of the country. Kazakhstan intends to update and develop much of its infrastructure over the coming 20 years by implementing green technologies. Actually, there is a strong
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