Masdar Begins Construction of US$1.4 Billion Wind Farm in Kazakhstan

Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.uz) — UAE-based clean energy company Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company PJSC (Masdar) has officially commenced its debut and largest investment project in Kazakhstan.

Construction has officially started on an integrated wind power plant with a design capacity of 1 GW in the Sarysu and Talas districts of the Jambyl region. The complex will become one of the largest wind generation facilities in Central Asia, with the total volume of direct investments estimated at US$1.4 billion.

A unique technical feature of the green energy project will be its integration with a modern industrial Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) boasting a capacity of 300 MW and a storage capacity of 600 MWh. This infrastructure is designed to smooth out peak loads and guarantee the overall stability of electricity supply to the national grid regardless of weather volatility.

Project management through the operator Qazaq Wind Power LLP is distributed within a consortium: Masdar holds a 40% stake, W Solar holds 40%, the Kazakh company Qazaq Green Power (part of the Samruk-Kazyna state fund) holds 18%, and the KIDF state fund holds 2%. The groundbreaking ceremony was conducted via a video link. The signal to begin work was given from Astana by Nurlan Zhakupov, Chairman of the Management Board of Samruk-Kazyna, Sungat Yesimkhanov, Vice Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, CEO of Masdar.

Following its full commercial commissioning, planned for the third quarter of 2029, the wind farm will be able to supply clean energy to approximately 880,000 private households in the energy-deficient southern regions of Kazakhstan. The operation of the complex will prevent emissions of around 2.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide annually, bringing the country closer to achieving carbon neutrality. In addition, the project provides for the large-scale development of transmission networks, with more than 400 km of new high-voltage power lines to be built in the region.

Parallel to the launch of construction, Masdar concluded a strategic roadmap with the Ministry of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Development of Kazakhstan to create an innovative Round-the-Clock (RTC) power supply system based on renewable energy sources. In its first phase, the concept will provide up Erlan Akkenzhenov to 200 MW of base uninterrupted power on a 24/7 basis for the needs of data centers and the development of AI infrastructure.

Yerlan Akkenzhenov, Minister of Energy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, and Hamad Al Ameri, Managing Director of Alpha Dhabi Holding, emphasized that this flagship project opens a fundamentally new chapter in the partnership between Astana and Abu Dhabi, transforming the energy landscape of Central Asia and contributing to the global goal of Masdar to increase its global generation portfolio to 100 GW by 2030.