ASTANA, Republic of Kazakhstan, December 12 /PRNewswire/

Under the Program for the Development of the Electric Energy Industry in the Republic of Kazakhstan up to 2030, 5 MW wind power station will be constructed by 2010 at Dzungarian Gates, Kazakhstan - in Almaty Oblast at the Chinese border. For the realization of this project the Global Environmental Facility has provided USD $ 2.5 million and the government of Kazakhstan has allocated USD $ 4 million. UNDP (United Nations Development Programme) expressed interest in this program and it prepared a project intended to render technical aid to support development of wind power industry in Kazakhstan. Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan was appointed executor of the project.

According to the R&D Institute "Kazselenergoproekt", the Republic of Kazakhstan is the first in the world by its potential of wind energy resources per capita. This is related to Kazakhstan's unique geographical location in the wind belt of the Northern Hemisphere. In the research carried out by "Kazselenergoproekt", the fifteen most promising sites for construction of large wind power stations have been identified. Experts note that besides these sites, the "intensity of wind potential in a number of locations in the country is as high as 10 megawatt per a square kilometer - such wind potential is unique". Most famous in this regard is the potential of Dzungarian Gates and Shelek Corridor, located near the Chinese border.

The development of the alternative energies is the part of the diversification program established by the government of Kazakhstan. The country which has 3.3% of all hydrocarbon resources in the world (39 600 million barrels of proved reserves in 2004), doesn't want to be dependent on oil and gas, but wishes to develop other economic sectors such as wind, solar, hydropower and biomass power industries.

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