Doosan Enerbility Expands Cooperation for Modernization of Power Projects in Kazakhstan

Visit of Kazakhstan Energy Minister
Utilizing Carbon-Free Power Generation Technologies Including Nuclear Power

Doosan Enerbility has joined hands with the Ministry of Energy of Kazakhstan to develop power generation projects in Kazakhstan.

Doosan Enerbility announced on the 24th that it signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on the 23rd with Alma Sadam Satkaliev, Minister of Energy of Kazakhstan, who visited its headquarters in Changwon. Along with Minister Alma Sadam, the delegation included Talgat Karasev, Director of the International Cooperation Bureau, Kumar Sergazin, Director of the Nuclear Industry Bureau, Timur Zhantikin, Director General of the New Nuclear Power Plant Bureau, and Aslan Askar, Consul of Kazakhstan in Korea.

On the 23rd, at Doosan Enerbility's Changwon headquarters, Kazakhstan's Minister of Energy Almasadam Satkaliev (left) and Kim Jung-kwan, Head of Marketing Division at Doosan Enerbility, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 'Cooperation in the Development of Kazakhstan's Power Industry' and took a commemorative photo. (Provided by Doosan Enerbility)

The two organizations will expand cooperation to develop and modernize Kazakhstan’s power generation industry. Kazakhstan’s fossil fuel power generation capacity accounts for nearly 80%. More than half of the thermal power plants are over 30 years old, increasing the need for refurbishment and modernization. The Kazakh government, which declared carbon neutrality by 2060, also announced plans to build two nuclear power plants in the Ulken region. A national referendum on the introduction of nuclear power was held, with 71.12% of voters supporting the construction of nuclear power plants.

The visiting delegation toured Doosan Enerbility’s production facilities, including the nuclear factory producing the main reactor of the Korean-type nuclear power plant APR1400, the turbine factory producing 380MW-class ultra-large gas turbines for power generation, and the ammonia co-firing demonstration plant, to review Doosan Enerbility’s production capabilities.

Last year, Doosan Enerbility signed a contract worth 1.15 trillion KRW to build a combined cycle power plant in the southern Shymkent region of Kazakhstan. In June, during President Yoon Suk-yeol’s state visit to Kazakhstan, Doosan Enerbility signed cooperation agreements on joint development of Kazakhstan’s power generation industry with Kazakh state-owned financial and energy companies such as Samruk-Kazyna and Samruk-Energy, and also signed a business agreement to supply environmental equipment for thermal power plants.

Kim Jeong-gwan, Head of Marketing at Doosan Enerbility, said, “Doosan Enerbility’s carbon-free power generation technologies, including nuclear power, small modular reactors (SMR), and gas turbines, will be the most efficient and effective alternatives for Kazakhstan’s power plans. We hope to expand cooperation to contribute to achieving Kazakhstan’s carbon neutrality goals and securing energy security.”

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