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Kazakhstan needs strategy for transition to low-carbon development

ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan needs to develop a national strategy for transition to low-carbon development, Energy Minister Kanat Bozumbayev said during the fourth session of the Council on transition to a green economy under the President of Kazakhstan, held in Astana on July 4, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.   Continue reading

150-million euro solar power plant will be built near Astana in Kazakhstan

ASTANA (TCA) — A ground-breaking ceremony was held for construction of a solar power plant in the village of Kabanbai Batyr in the Akmola province, some 30 kilometers from Kazakhstan’s capital city, Astana, Novosti-Kazakhstan news agency reported. Continue reading

Uzbekistan pursuing wind power generation plans

TASHKENT (TCA) — Work is going on in Uzbekistan to assess the country’s wind energy potential in cooperation with Germany’s Intec Gopa and GEO-NET, Novosti Uzbekistana reported citing Dilshod Elmuradov, an energy efficiency and renewable energy engineer at Uzbekistan’s state energy company Uzbekenergo.    Continue reading

UNDP holds first interactive dialogue on climate change in Turkmenistan

ASHGABAT (TCA) — The First Interactive Dialogue on Climate Change in Turkmenistan was organized on April 22 by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to mark the Earth Day and the first day of signing the Paris Agreement, the UNDP in Turkmenistan reported.   Continue reading

Kazakhstan’s economy remains highly energy intensive

ASTANA (TCA) — Kazakhstan ranks 28th in the world in terms of energy intensity of GDP, Minister for Investment and Development of Kazakhstan Aset Isekeshev said at the international conference “Attraction of investments in energy efficiency projects in the public sector and in small and medium-sized enterprises” in Astana on April 7, the official website of the Prime Minister of Kazakhstan reported.   Continue reading

Turkish company plans to build waste processing plant in Osh in Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK (TCA) — A Turkish-German company plans to build a waste utilization plant in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh, the press service of the Kyrgyz Economy Ministry said. Continue reading