ASTANA – Kazakhstan increased electricity generation from renewable energy sources (RES), excluding large hydropower plants, more than 16-fold over the past decade, reaching 8.7 billion kilowatt-hours in 2025.
By the end of 2025, renewable energy accounted for 14.5% of the country’s total electricity generation, including large hydropower plants. Without large hydropower, the share stood at 7%, reported the Bureau of National Statistics on Nov. 11.
Including large hydropower plants, renewable electricity generation rose from 9.5 billion kilowatt-hours in 2015 to 17.9 billion kilowatt-hours in 2025. Their share of total electricity generation rose from 10.4% to 14.5%.
Meanwhile, the share of renewable energy excluding large hydropower plants grew from 0.6% in 2015 to 7% in 2025. Generation from these sources increased from 536.5 million to 8.69 billion kilowatt-hours over the same period.
