The removal of news regarding the sharp increase in imports in the renewable energy sources (RES) sector occurred on the pages of "Kursiv" and Forbes.kz.
As reported by "Respublika," active hyperlinks to these materials were discovered.
However, attempts to open the links were unsuccessful — important news about the growth of imports of goods related to wind energy had been deleted.
Unfortunately, the articles were not preserved in the Google archive, and they could not be found on specialized sites such as web.archive and archive.today.
The editorial office of Forbes promised to provide a comment on October 23, but did not respond to the inquiry regarding the reason for the article's removal.
In response to a request for a comment from the editorial office of "Kursiv," they initially stated that they could not recall the material, and then claimed that they did not have the authority to comment and suggested contacting management.
Import of Wind Turbines from China?
Judging by the headlines of the deleted materials, they likely mentioned a sharp increase in the import of wind turbines into Kazakhstan. This was reported by the telegram channel Data Hub on October 17.
The channel's post claims that about 4,000 wind turbines were imported in August, exceeding the import volume for the previous three full years.
“The total volume for the first eight months of the year reached 6,400, which is already comparable to the total result of the previous five full years (2020-2024). This surge can partly be explained by the fact that these are less powerful and more affordable devices,” analysts report.
Data analysis shows that “this is evident from the ratio of average weight and average cost per unit of import.”
“The average weight of one of the 4,000 units imported in August was about 1 ton, and the average cost was $5,900; all were imported from China. In contrast, only 468 units were imported in the previous month, also mainly from China, but their average weight was 13 tons, and the average cost was $63,000. The average figures for the first eight months of 2025 were 6.4 tons and $31,500, which is 54% and 40% lower than in the same months of 2024, and 84% and 87% less compared to 2023,” informs Data Hub.
Recall that at the beginning of September this year, the President of Kazakhstan, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, met in China with representatives of the largest Chinese companies, including Sany Group, which is building a component manufacturing plant in the Zhambyl region.
“The project will create more than 300 new jobs, attract $114 million in direct foreign investment without additional borrowing from Kazakh development institutions, and the localization level will be at least 30%. SANY RE also plans to open a research R&D center,” reported Nurlan Zhakupov, Chairman of the Board of JSC "Samruk-Kazyna," last November.
Additionally, another plant for manufacturing equipment for wind turbines is being built in the "Khorgos - Eastern Gate" free economic zone, which is a joint project of the Chinese company Envision Energy and LLP "Kazakhstan Utility Systems" with an investment of $40 million.
To date, China is the world leader in energy, including the production of RES.
Manufacturing capacities in the RES segment are also implemented by the French Total Eren and the Italian company Eni.
