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Why is Hydropower Becoming Central to Kazakhstan’s Clean Energy Strategy?

By Ayana Birbayeva on 4 August 2026

ALMATY – Kazakhstan’s renewable energy strategy is entering a new phase. After a decade of rapidly expanding wind and solar generation, the government is shifting its focus to hydropower as the missing link needed to stabilize an increasingly renewable electricity system. The shift became clearer on July 31, when...