The diversification of energy sources in Kazakhstan as a way to dampen the consequences of a predicted crisis
Seidaliyeva A. Kabdushev S. Baipakbayeva S. Kopishev E. Suleimenov I.
2024Mineral and Energy Economy Research Institute of the Polish Academy of Sciences
Polityka Energetyczna
2024#27Issue 1173 - 188 pp.
It is shown that the predicted energy crisis in Kazakhstan makes the issue of small-scale energy and complementary civil society institutions more than relevant. This crisis, caused by the deterioration of heating networks built during the former USSR, can be more than large-scale, as evidenced by the events in the city of Ekibastuz, where a significant proportion of the population was left without heating in the winter of 2022/2023. It is proven that the development of small-scale power generation should be complex, i.e. in the foreseeable future, one should focus attention on a combination of renewable and traditional energy sources, which implies a gradual increase in the share of renewable energy. The expediency of using the concept of energy freedom, at least in relation to the Republic of Kazakhstan, is substantiated. It is shown that the goal of the development of small green energy should be precisely the achievement of energy freedom for households, oriented towards the institutions of civil society. This implies, inter alia, the development of a wide range of non-trivial technical solutions that provide, for example, direct heat generation without an intermediate stage of conversion into electrical current. A specific example is considered, demonstrating the adequacy of the proposed approach. It is also shown that the primary measures to ensure the energy freedom of households can be implemented even when using equipment available on the market. Specific calculations are presented which prove that the transition to decentralized heat supply is economically feasible using available equipment.
downshifting , energy crisis , heating boiler , renewable energy sources , small-scale energy
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NJSC Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications named after Gumarbek Daukeev, Kazakhstan
International IT University, Kazakhstan
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University, Kazakhstan
Academician of National Engineering Academy of RK, Kazakhstan
NJSC Almaty University of Power Engineering and Telecommunications named after Gumarbek Daukeev
International IT University
L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University
Academician of National Engineering Academy of RK
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