The Kazakh government has announced that the country is moving into the implementing phase of a large-scale investment KZT13tn (US$25.5bn) plan consisting of 81 projects with a combined capacity of 15.3 GW (Kazakh government press release, 14/01/2026). The country expects to fully cover its electricity demand and stop its energetic deficit by 2027 with the commissioning of projects that are currently under development.
The flexible generation projects are expected to start commercial operations within the next three years to cover the deficit of regulating capacity in the country and to help increase the flexibility of its Unified Energy System. By 2029, the government plans to achieve “a sustainable surplus of both electricity and regulating capacity” creating the conditions to become an energy exporter.
By 2035, Kazakhstan plans to have commissioned more than 26 GW of new generating capacity, of which a significant portion has been financed through direct private investment attracted via the electric capacity market mechanism.
According to the Kazakh government, the country reached an installed capacity of 26.7 GW (coal 51%, gas 26%, renewables 14%).
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