3. OVERVIEW OF TRADITIONAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION IN KAZAKHSTAN
CAPACITY
RETIREMENT/ NEW
THERMAL POWER
STATIONS’TARIFFS
SURPLUS IN
ELECTRICITY
STATESUBSIDIES
FOR LOW
ELECTRICITY
TARIFFS
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5. 1. ArcelorMittal Temirtau case:
• Company was fined 1.5 billion tenge (appr. USD 4 million) in 2018 for
environment harmful emissions
• “Black” snow in Temirtau
• Critique from President Nazarbayev during his 2018 visit to plant
• 2019 – official statement of CEO of AMT to invest appr. USD 2.0 billion
until 2019, i.e. for 10-year period.
• 40% for ecological measures
• 60% for facilities improvement
• Reducing by 50% industrial emissions by 2023, 2026 reaching Eastern
European standards.
• Construction of new social sphere facilities: hospital, kindergarten, and
recreation center.
• Control by KZ GOV and Akim of Qaragandy Region.
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6. 1. Mining and metallurgy companies are polluters:
• They pay for RE thru RFC of KEGOC.
• No tension at the moment, probable growth.
2. United power market:
• Managed by RFC of KEGOC.
• Contracts counterbalance RE payments.
3. Mining/metallurgy and RE 2019:
• ArcelorMittal initiated USD 100 Million ecology improvement program.
• Solar pp in India.
• Steel structures for solar power stations.
• KazakhMys/LUKoil initiating RE projects.
• ERG is lauching 2 RE Wind projects at its sites.
• 3% by 2020 of RE for mining companies.
• Risk of decreasing so called polluters base.
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7. 4. Way forward:
• KZ Security Council tariff decrease resolution.
• End customers to pay for RE instead of so called polluters.
• Atamekent NCE 2019 actions plan envisages discussion of the
topic.
• AGMP Association initiative to develop KZ National RE
Development Program.
• ICGTIP best available technologies program implementation.
• ICGTIP, AREK, AGMP, ATAMEKEN NCE collaboration.
• Joint projects by mining and oil&gas companies:
KazakhMys&LUKoil.
• KZ State RE Development Program.
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8. ASSOCIATION OF
RENEWABLE ENERGY OF
KAZAKHSTAN
2019
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