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Solar power plant to be built in Aktau in western Kazakhstan
A solar power plant will be built in Aktau in western Kazakhstan.
09 February 2015
Kazakhstan's environmental standards for TPP three times behind Europe
The environmental requirements for thermal power plants in Kazakhstan are two or three times lower than in Europe.
29 January 2015
$169 million solar power plant to be constructed in Kazakhstan
Foreign investors will build a solar energy plant in Akmola Oblast in northern Kazakhstan for the upcoming EXPO-2017.
26 January 2015
Energy Minister on second nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan
January 23 Tengrinews.kz reported that Kazakhstan had started talks with Toshiba, owner of Westinghouse, to construct its first nuclear power plant. As early as in March the sides might sign an agreement on supplying a $3.7 billion reactor capable of 1 gigawatt.
26 January 2015
Kazakhstan in talks with Toshiba to construct its first nuclear power plant
According to Russia’s Kommersant, yesterday Chairman of the Board and Director Masashi Muromachi officially confirmed the talks with Kazakhstan.
23 January 2015
Kazakhstan to build two nuclear power plants
Kazakhstan is planning to build two nuclear power plants and dispose waste at the Semipalatinsk Test Site.
18 January 2015
Kazakhstan lifts secrecy from nuclear-related activities
Kazakhstan is launching a nuclear power development initiative. Its first move is to change the legislation.
16 January 2015
South Korean company to build thermal power plant in Atyrau Oblast
A South Korean company Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has signed an agreement with a Kazakhstani company Karabatan Utility Solutions for the construction of a thermal power station.
06 January 2015
Kazakhstan and Russia endorse agreement on construction of nuclear power plant
Kazakhstani and Russian officials have endorsed an agreement on joint construction of a nuclear power plant.
03 October 2014
Russia and Kazakhstan to sign agreement to construct nuclear power plant
May 29 RosAtom and KazAtomProm signed an MoU on cooperation to construct a nuclear power plant relying on Russia-made pressurized-water reactors capable of 300-1200 megawatt.
07 August 2014
Turkey interested in buying Kazakhstani plasma-fuel system for thermal power plants
Turkey expressed interested in purchasing Kazakhstani plasma-fuel system for its thermal power plants.
16 June 2014
Kazakhstan defines a place to host its first nuclear power plant
Technical features of the reactor will be defined within the nearest half a year: Head of RoasAtom.
29 May 2014
Taiwan uses water cannon to disperse anti-nuclear protesters
Taiwan police on Monday used water cannon to dislodge hundreds of overnight sit-in demonstrators, demanding the scrapping of a nearly completed nuclear power plant, one of the most controversial issues to have gripped the island for 30 years.
28 April 2014
Balkhash lake named best place for nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan
Earlier the country’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev commissioned the Government to decide before the end of the Q1 2014 on the location, sources of investments and timing of constructing a nuclear power plant in Kazakhstan.
23 April 2014
China wants to build power plant in Kazakhstan
Chinese Datang Corporation and China Engineering Machinery Corporation are interested in constructing a thermal power plant in Kazakhstan.
12 April 2014
Kazakhmys sells 50% in Ekibastuz GRES-1 to Samruk-Energo
Kazakhmys PLC has finalized the sale of 50% in Ekibastuz GRES-1 to Samruk-Energo JSC for $1.25 billion.
08 April 2014
Kazakhstan wants two nuclear plants instead of one
Two nuclear power plants will possibly be built in Kazakhstan.
31 March 2014
Kazakhstan to work on full nuclear fuel cycle: President Nazarbayev
According to him, anti-terror campaign shouldn’t impair nations’ right for peaceful nuclear programs, exchange of technology and equipment.
24 March 2014
Nuclear power plant location to be defined by March end: President Nazarbayev
According to him, there may be more than one nuclear power plants.
17 January 2014
Cutting-edge coal plants planned in Fukushima
A Japanese utility plans to construct two cutting-edge coal power plants in Fukushima, an area severely hit by the 2011 nuclear disaster, a report said Saturday.
24 November 2013