TotalEnergies, a French oil and gas company, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply all of the electricity generated by Kazakhstan’s 1 GW Mirny wind farm to the state-owned Financial Settlement Centre of Renewable Energy. The wind farm, which will be situated in the country’s Zhambyl region, will have a 600 MWh battery energy storage system to ensure a steady supply of energy. The development of the wind farm is anticipated to cost $1.4 billion total.
The project is being developed by the TotalEnergies subsidiary Total Eren in collaboration with KazMunayGas and Samruk-Kazyna, the country’s sovereign wealth fund. The two Kazakh firms will each own a 20 per cent share in the project. Under the terms of the 25-year PPA, electricity from the wind farm will be sold to the Financial Settlement Centre of Renewable Energy for the national grid. It will help prevent 3.5 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions each year while providing enough electricity for one million people. The 200 turbine Mirny wind farm will be the largest wind project in the nation. It will assist Kazakhstan reach its goal of producing 15 per cent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, which is supported by both the French and Kazakh governments.
In June 2023, TotalEnergies announced plans to develop a 1 GW solar power plant in Iraq to supply electricity to the Basrah regional grid. The project is part of the Gas Growth Integrated Project (GGIP), which aims to enhance the development of Iraq’s natural resources and improve the country’s electricity supply. The project, located in the Artawi oilfield in Basra, received the go-ahead from Electricity Minister Ziad Fadil during discussions with a TotalEnergies delegation in Baghdad.
