TY - JFULL AU - Aigerim Uyzbayeva and Valeriya Tyo and Nurlan Ibrayev PY - 2015/3/ TI - Towards Achieving Energy Efficiency in Kazakhstan T2 - International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering SP - 76 EP - 85 VL - 9 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10000514 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 98, 2015 N2 - Kazakhstan is currently one of the dynamically developing states in its region. The stable growth in all sectors of the economy leads to a corresponding increase in energy consumption. Thus country consumes significant amount of energy due to the high level of industrialisation and the presence of energy-intensive manufacturing such as mining and metallurgy which in turn leads to low energy efficiency. With allowance for this the Government has set several priorities to adopt a transition of Republic of Kazakhstan to a “green economy”. This article provides an overview of Kazakhstan’s energy efficiency situation in for the period of 1991- 2014. First, the dynamics of production and consumption of conventional energy resources are given. Second, the potential of renewable energy sources is summarised followed by the description of GHG emissions trends in the country. Third, Kazakhstan’ national initiatives, policies and locally implemented projects in the field of energy efficiency are described. ER -