On June 29, 2026, a 1GW large-scale wind power plant officially broke ground in the wilderness of the southern Kazakh region of Jangbur. This project, with a total investment of about 1.4 billion US dollars, is currently one of the largest wind power distribution and storage integration projects in Central Asia. It is jointly promoted by Kazakhstan and UAE clean energy giant Masdar, and will inject core power into the local energy transformation.

The project is expected to achieve commercial operation in the third quarter of 2029, with an annual power generation of 3.4 billion kilowatt hours after commissioning, which can cover the daily electricity needs of about 880000 households in the local area and directly reduce 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually. The project adopts a diversified capital portfolio shareholding structure, with Masdar holding 40%, W Solar holding 40%, enterprises under the Samruk Kazena National Fund in Kazakhstan holding 18%, and Kazakhstan Investment Development Fund holding 2%. Overseas technological capital and local industrial resources complement each other.

Synchronized storage and transmission to solve the bottleneck of wind power consumption

This project did not follow the old path of single wind power development, but directly equipped with a 600MWh battery energy storage system, which can effectively smooth out the intermittent fluctuations of wind power output and convert unstable wind energy into more controllable and stable electricity. In order to meet the large-scale demand for power transmission, the project plans to construct over 400 kilometers of overhead transmission lines simultaneously, directly filling the gap in the power grid capacity in the southern region of Jiangbu'er Prefecture and solving the old problem of the inability to transmit new energy power in the past.

Long term anchoring of all-weather clean energy layout

At the groundbreaking ceremony, both parties also revealed the direction of future cooperation. Masdar has signed an additional agreement with the Kazakh government to jointly develop Kazakhstan's first all-weather clean energy project, which can provide up to 200MW of stable base load electricity, specifically for the rapidly growing data centers and AI infrastructure in the local area, and to lay out energy support in the digital economy era in advance. Keywords: wind power, new energy

After the project is implemented, it can directly alleviate the long-standing power supply gap during peak hours in Jiangbul Prefecture, and will also become the core support for Kazakhstan to fulfill its climate commitments, steadily promoting the national strategic goals of renewable energy accounting for 15% by 2030 and 50% by 2050.Editor/Cheng Liting