Eni and GE Renewable Energy (NYSE: GE) have signed an agreement with which GE will supply 13 onshore wind turbines with a height of 85 meters, a rotor diameter of 130 meters and a wind turbine for the Badamsha wind farm in Kazakhstan. power of 3,8MW each. With its total 48MW, the plant will increase the energy produced by all the wind energy sources in the country by 25%.
The agreement, signed on the occasion of Wind Europe, one of the largest and most important congresses in the wind energy sector, between Jérôme Pécresse, President and CEO of GE Renewable Energy, and Luca Cosentino, Executive Vice President of Eni's Energy Solutions business unit, represents an important milestone for both companies. The plant, located in the north-western region of Aktobe in Kazakhstan, represents Eni's first large-scale wind farm investment, while GE represents the first onshore wind farm in the country.
Jérôme Pécresse commented: "Badamsha is our first wind project with both Eni and Kazakhstan. We are extremely proud to work alongside Eni at this important moment for the company and for the entire energy sector in which GE Renewable Energy plays an aggregator role to foster better synergy between our companies. "
"With this project, Eni is proud to support the country's ambitious goal of obtaining 2050% of its energy from renewable sources within 50. Badamsha represents a first important milestone in the Memorandum of Understanding, signed last year with GE in the presence of the Minister of Energy, Kanat Bozumbayev. We expect it to come into operation by the end of 2019, "said Luca Cosentino, stressing that the plan
of Eni's renewable projects includes investments worldwide for 1,2 billions of euros over the next four years in solar, wind and hybrid fields.
Eni is present in Kazakhstan by 1992, is currently co-operator of the Karachaganak field and equity partner in various projects in the northern Caspian Sea, including the giant Kashagan field. Eni is also co-operator in the Isatay exploration block, with the national company KMG.
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GE Renewable Energy
GE Renewable Energy is a billion-dollar 10 company with a start-up mentality that brings together one of the largest portfolios of energy products and digital services in the renewable energy sector. Combining wind power, blades, hydropower and innovative technologies such as hybrid systems and concentrated solar energy, GE Renewable Energy has installed more than 400 gigawatts of global capability to make the world work better and cleaner. With more than 22.000 employees in over 80 countries, GE Renewable Energy is working on new ways to power both the world's largest economies and the most remote communities.
Eni
Eni is an integrated energy company that operates in 71 countries around the world and employs around 33.000 people. In order to improve access to energy in the countries in which it operates and to make the maximum effort to reduce the direct emissions of CO 2, Eni in the 2015 has created an Energy Solutions business unit entirely dedicated to the development of energy from renewable sources. To ensure long-term sustainability, the Energy Solutions management seeks synergies with other business lines, promotes the development of renewable forms of energy and engages in scientific and technological research.