ASTANA (TCA) — Italy’s Eni and GE Renewable Energy have started a wind power plant construction in the area of Badamsha in Kazakhstan, Kazakh Invest national company for investment support and promotion said.
The Badamsha wind power plant, located in the northwest of Aktobe region, is Eni’s first large-scale investment in the Kazakhstani wind power sector and the first wind power project for GE in Kazakhstan.
Representatives of local authorities, the Italian Ambassador to Kazakhstan, as well as representatives of Eni and GE Renewable Energy took part in the ceremony dedicated to the start of the wind power plant construction.
The project is implemented within the Memorandum of Understanding framework, signed last year by Eni, GE Renewable Energy and Kazakhstan’s Minister of Energy Kanat Bozumbayev. The document is part of an extensive cooperation program between Eni and GE Renewable Energy for the development of renewable energy.
The wind power plant with a capacity of 48 MW is the first stage of this cooperation, which goal is to significantly increase the volume of wind-generating facilities in Kazakhstan.
Eni is ready to provide Kazakhstan with extensive support in achieving its ambitious goal — to increase electricity production through renewable energy sources to 50% by 2050.
Eni operates in Kazakhstan since 1992. Eni is one of the Karachaganak field operators and a stakeholder in various projects in the Northern Caspian, the giant Kashagan oil field is one of them. In 2018, Eni, together with the national company KazMunaiGaz, became an operator in the exploration block of Isatai.
