UAE Renewable Energy Firm to Build 1 GW Wind Farm in Kazakhstan

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Masdar has partnered to develop a 1 GW wind farm, marking the Abu Dhabi-based energy firm's first project in Kazakhstan, The Caspian Post reports citing foreign media.

The project will be located in the Jambyl region and will also feature a 600-megawatt-hour battery energy storage system.

Masdar will be the lead project, with W Solar, Qazaq Green Power (a Samruk-Kazyna Group company), and the Kazakhstan Investment Development Fund as the co-developers.

Construction is expected to commence by the first quarter of 2026. When completed, it will energise around 300,000 homes in the south of Kazakhstan, avoiding 2 million tonnes of carbon emissions per year.

The wind farm will also help accelerate Kazakhstan’s energy transition, supporting the country’s ambitions to increase renewables capacity to 15% of its energy supply by 2030 (and to 50 percent by 2050) and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.