{"id":2389,"date":"2022-05-25T20:06:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-25T18:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shevchenko.agency\/?p=2389"},"modified":"2025-02-20T19:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T17:27:04","slug":"eni-to-build-first-wind-farm-in-kazakhstan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shevchenko.agency\/de\/eni-to-build-first-wind-farm-in-kazakhstan\/","title":{"rendered":"Eni to build first wind farm in Kazakhstan"},"content":{"rendered":"<section id=\"articleHead\">\n<header>\n<p class=\"byline\">13 June 2018 by Craig Richard ,<\/p>\n<p class=\"summary\">KAZAKHSTAN: Italian firm Eni has taken the final investment decision (FID) to build, develop and operate a 50MW wind farm in the north-west of the country.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"articleWrap\">\n<div id=\"articleFull\">\n<div id=\"articleMain\">\n<article id=\"article0\">\n<figure id=\"hero\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cached.imagescaler.hbpl.co.uk\/resize\/scaleWidth\/460\/cached.offlinehbpl.hbpl.co.uk\/news\/OPW\/AktobeAzharycMheidegger-20180613091956997.jpg\" alt=\"Eni stated the Badamsha project will provide the Aktobe region with about 198GWh\/year (pic credit: Mheidegger)\" \/><figcaption>Eni stated the Badamsha project will provide the Aktobe region with about 198GWh\/year (pic credit: Mheidegger)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<section id=\"articleBody\">Construction of the Badamsha project in the Aktobe province will start &#8222;in the coming months&#8220;, the oil and gas giant stated, with commercial operation and grid connection expected by the end of 2019.The project is the Italian company\u2019s first large-scale investment in wind power, having announced plans to expand into the renewables sector earlier this year.Eni added the FID also represents &#8222;the first material step&#8220; of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with GE and the Kazakh minister of energy in June 2017 to promote the development of renewable energy projects in Kazakhstan.<\/p>\n<p>The company has been present in the country since 1992 and jointly operates the Karachaganak gas field in the north-west of Kazakhstan and is an equity partner in several projects in the northern Caspian Sea.<\/p>\n<p>Eni had previously signed a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.windpowermonthly.com\/article\/1416447\/eni-expand-renewables-ge-deal\">framework deal<\/a>\u00a0with GE in 2016 to develop renewable energy projects including onshore and offshore wind.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2018, it announced plans to install\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.windpowermonthly.com\/article\/1459770\/eni-targets-1gw-renewables-2021\">1GW of new renewable energy capacity by 2021<\/a>\u00a0and 5GW of clean energy capacity by 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Badamsha project would provide the Aktobe region with about 198GWh\/year, Eni stated.<\/p>\n<p>Kazakhstan currently has no online wind projects, but there are several in various stages of development.<\/p>\n<p>The government owns six 35MW sites in the north of the country, and a 78MW project in the east that it hopes to complete this year. It also awarded just under 100MW through a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.windpowermonthly.com\/article\/1465932\/updated-ten-projects-awarded-100mw-kazakh-auctions\">tender process in June 2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Kazakhstan aims to source 50% of its power from renewables by 2050. The country currently meets most of its electricity demand with coal, gas and hydro,\u00a0according to the International Energy Agency.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.windpowermonthly.com\/article\/1484837\/eni-build-first-wind-farm-kazakhstan\">\u0414\u0436\u0435\u0440\u0435\u043b\u043e<\/a><\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>13 June 2018 by Craig Richard , KAZAKHSTAN: Italian firm Eni has taken the final investment decision (FID) to build, develop and operate a 50MW wind farm in the north-west&hellip;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shevchenko.agency\/de\/eni-to-build-first-wind-farm-in-kazakhstan\/\" class=\"read-more-link\">See More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alternativna-energetika"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/shevchenko.agency\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/shevchenko.agency\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/shevchenko.agency\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shevchenko.agency\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shevchenko.agency\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2389"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/shevchenko.agency\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3219,"href":"https:\/\/shevchenko.agency\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389\/revisions\/3219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/shevchenko.agency\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shevchenko.agency\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/shevchenko.agency\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}