Kazakhstan will not need Russian electricity: Astana sets for 2027

Kazakhstan plans to increase the capacity of its own power plants and stop importing electricity from Russia already in 2027.

"If at the end of this year or the beginning of next year all our planned [energy] facilities are commissioned, then in 2027, I think, we will not [buy electricity from Russia]," Deputy Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Sungat Yessimkhanov said at a press conference, TASS reports.

So far, Russia is the main supplier of electricity to Kazakhstan. But imports are declining.

"This year we predict that there will be about 1-1.2 billion kWh of electricity difference, and in 2027 we plan to reset it," said the Deputy head of the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan.

According to him, local companies have reduced the deficit. If in 2024 it was 2.1 billion kWh, then in 2025 it will be about 1.5 billion kWh.

The basis of generation in Kazakhstan is coal-fired (about 70%) and gas-fired power plants, as well as actively developing renewable energy sources. The Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan Yerlan Akkenzhenov stated that the republic intends to fully cover the needs of the economy in electricity by the end of the first quarter of 2027.