@misc{10481/77035,
year = {2022},
month = {9},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10481/77035},
abstract = {Although it has access to hydrocarbon reserves, Kazakhstan has developed a strategy for
the transition to a low-carbon economy, which should include the use of renewable energy sources.
In this framework, the use of biomass from waste could have the potential to reduce emissions from
traditionally fueled energy generation, as well as adding value to the generated waste, which also
improves waste management according to the principles of a circular economy. The analysis of the
resources and energy potential from residual biomass in Kazakhstan presents an annual production
of 37.26   106 tons of residual biomass, which could be capable of producing an energy potential
of 466.74 PJ/year, little more than half to the total production from all the installed power plants
in the country. Agricultural, animal and municipal solid waste are available to produce energy
in Kazakhstan based on combustion technologies; however, animal waste and agricultural are the
main potential sources with 61.02% and 38.34% of the theoretical total biomass potential energy
analyses, respectively. Considering that 80% of Kazakhstan’s electricity generation comes from
coal-fired plants, energy from agriculture could be co-fired for the gradual replacement of coal
with biomass in operational power plants, without substantially increasing costs or infrastructure
investments, thereby making the transition to a low-carbon economy and renewable energy sources
in the country easier.},
organization = {Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan	AP14871168	
AP14870834},
organization = {research group TEP-968 (Technologies for Circular Economy) of the University of Granada},
publisher = {MDPI},
keywords = {Energy potential},
keywords = {Kazakhstan},
keywords = {Renewable energy},
keywords = {Residual biomass},
title = {A Review of the Energy Potential of Residual Biomass for Coincineration in Kazakhstan},
doi = {10.3390/en15176482},
author = {Askarova, Aliya and Zamorano Toro, Montserrat and Martín Pascual, Jaime},
}