5. Info. Overview.
Demographical Info (2009)
Unit
Population millions
15,4
Land area sq Km
2.720
Economi Overview (2009)
Largest of the former Soviet republics.
Growth rate 2002-07 was 8%.
Indutry sector with a hugh presence.
Extraction and processing of natural resources.
Sources: CIA World Factbook, U.S. Energy Information Administration, United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development.
9. • K is one of the main coal producers in Central
Asia and East Asia.
• K is the main energy exporter to Russia, China
and Central Asia industrial regions.
Energy Industry. Overview
10. Energy industry. Disposition.
Electricity disposition (2009)
bKWh
Electricity production
78,4
Electricity consumption
77,9
International trade (2009)
bKWh
Exports
0,5
Imports
1,94
Sources: CIA World Factbook, U.S. Energy Information Administration, United Nations Conference on
Trade and Development.
Balance: -$1,2b
11. • K’s total installed power generating capacity is 18.7
GW.
• Poor maintenance and obsolete equipment.
• More than 70% of K energy requirements is
supported with domestic coal.
Energy Industry. Overview
12. • McKinsey forecasts electricity domestic market
could absorb 3b kWh today and 8b in 2017.
• Reduction of 70m tons of CO2 in ten years.
• BASF has a long-term contract to ensure the
quality of Kazakhstan bio-fuel, solar and wind
farms validation.
Energy Industry. Overview
16. • K Wind Power potential >1,8 trillion kWh per year.
• >50% of the area of K is rated at 4 – 5m/s at 30
meters.
• >20% of the area of K is rated at >6m/s in at 80
meters.
• Chinese investments to generate and export electricity
to China, specifically to Xing Jiang.
Wind Power
17. • UNDP planned 20 prospective sites for construction of
large wind farms.
• Increase capacity up to 300 MW by 2015 (at an
estimated cost of $375 million), with increases up to 2
GW by 2024 through domestic and foreign
investment.
• 5 MW wind power plant has already been launched
like plant test.
Wind Power. Initiatives
19. • Most potential market and potential for the vast
territory of Central Asia.
• Number of sunny hours is 2.200 - 3.000 per
year.
• Energy solar radiation is 1.300 – 1.800 kW/sqm/
year.
Solar Power
Sources: Own sources
20. • Development Bank of K finances the
construction of a polycrystalline silicon plant in
Astana ($390m investment).
• Replacing imports of electricity, especially in the
southern region.
• Extend access to electricity to the country’s
remote and nomadic populations.
Solar Power. Initiatives.
22. • Accounts 12% of K’s total generating capacity.
• Average annual amount hydropower generation
amounts to 7,78b kWh.
• By January 2012, at least 50 percent of the
electricity generated in K would be sold at
electricity exchange.
Hydro Power
Sources: Baker McKinsei 2008
23. • Investment of local authorities in small hydro ($750m
in 10 years).
• Interest of Chinese Government in big hydro ($15Km
in 15 years).
• Private EU investors of small hydro provided with
international short-term credits.
• Tax holidays in realization of investment projects
Program.
Hydro Power. Initiatives.
25. • Currently, K’s bio fuel sector is in its infancy.
• K is the largest producer of wheat in Central
Asia.
• K has a potential to produce 300K tons bio
diesel per year and export more than half of it
becomming the second largest exporter to the
EU.
Bio-Fuel
Sources: Own sources
26. • Were built 3 plants in 2009 and are under
construction 4 more plants increasing to over
50K tons per year
• Exporting 100% to China and Russia.
• The national program for transition development
calls for increase investment up to 25% by 2024.
Bio-Fuel. Initiatives.
Sources: Own sources