New About Kazakhstan / UK:
Kazakhstan:
On 9 February, Prime Minister Askar Mamin held a government meeting on renewable energy. In 2020, 10 wind, 1 hydro, and 12 solar power plants were built around the country producing 583 MWp. in 2021, 13 wind, 5 hydro, and 5 solar power plants will be built with a total capacity of 381 MWp. By 2050, Kazakhstan is planning to produce 50% of electricity from renewable energy sources. Since 2018 renewable energy auctions have been held in online format procuring 1.5 GWp. 172 companies from 12 countries including Germany, Netherlands, France, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Bulgaria, China, UAE, Malaysia, Russia, and Kazakhstan participated in the auctions (click here).
On 11 February, President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev participated in the Samruk Business Forum. 2025 Privatisation Plan includes over 700 government companies. 112 of them are part of Samruk Kazyna (click here).
On 15 February, Kazakhstan officially registered the Russian vaccine 'Sputnik V' (click here)
Record $2.6 billion investment has been attracted to the capital city of Kazakhstan - Nur-Sultan in 2020. (click here).
According to the official statistics, as of 15 February, 202,573 people have been infected with Covid-19 in Kazakhstan. 185,205 people recovered and 2,646 died.
United Kingdom:
The UK economy is suffering the biggest drop since 1709 (click here).
The UK government announces a £20 million Brexit Support Fund to help small and mid-sized enterprises with changes to trade rules with the EU (click here).
The new fund will provide grants of up to £100,000 to environmental groups, local authorities, businesses & other organisations (click here).
According to the official statistics, as of 15 February, 4,038,078 people have been infected with COVID19 in the UK, 2,160,515 people recovered and 117,166 died.
