EBRD organises financing of US$ 548 million in Kazakhstan’s wind farm with storage capability
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing an A/B loan of up to US$ 548 million (€467 million) to Aktas Energy for the construction and commissioning of the Mirny wind power plant in the Zhambyl region of Kazakhstan.
The A-loan of up to US$ 250 million (€ 213 million) is provided for the EBRD's own account. The B-loan of up to US$ 298 million (€ 254 million), will be syndicated to a group of co-lenders including the China Construction Bank, Qatar National Bank, Societe Generale and Standard Chartered.
The plant’s installed capacity will be 1 GW of clean energy and it will have a 300 MW / 600 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). This will be the country’s largest onshore wind development and its first industrial-scale wind power plant with a BESS.
Aktas Energy is a joint venture between TotalEnergies, sovereign wealth fund Samruk-Kazyna and a global integrated energy company, KazMunayGas, the national operator of Kazakhstan’s oil and gas industry. The project is the result of an intergovernmental agreement between Kazakhstan and France.
The EBRD’s investment will be co-financed by Proparco, a subsidiary of the Agence française de développement, and DEG, the German Investment Corporation and the Development Bank of Kazakhstan.
By combining power generation with battery storage, the plant will help to increase the stability of Kazakhstan’s grid and boost the country’s energy security, while preventing approximately 2.5 million tonnes of CO₂ emissions per year.
Kazakhstan is one of the largest recipients of EBRD investment and primarily relies on coal for its 25 GW electricity system. The country is aiming to achieve net-zero emissions by 2060 and is seeking to deliver 10 GW of renewable energy by 2035 with strong support from the EBRD.
The EBRD has invested almost US$ 12 billion (€10.2 billion) in Kazakhstan to date through 345 projects, making the country the largest and longest‑running recipient of EBRD investment in Central Asia.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting youth-led micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Egypt by providing a loan of up to EGP 250 million (€4.4 million) to Fawry MSME Finance, one of the country’s largest microfinance institutions.
The EBRD Youth in Business credit line will be channelled to local private MSMEs that are led or majority owned by entrepreneurs under the age of 35, and will focus on rural areas. First-loss risk cover of up to 10 per cent will complement the credit line, while the young sub-borrowers will benefit from investment grants in the form of cash incentives, funded by the European Union (EU), of up to 10 per cent of the loan amount.
A technical cooperation package funded by the EBRD will assist Fawry MSME Finance with programme implementation, capacity-building, and training in gender-responsive lending, as well as tailored advisory support to advance the company’s digital transformation.
In addition, the EBRD Advice for Small Businesses programme, which is funded by the EBRD and the Small Business Impact Fund, will provide non-financial support to the youth-led MSMEs.
Commenting on the project, Mark Davis, EBRD Managing Director for the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean region, said: “This is our first partnership with Fawry, a digital leader in Egypt, and marks the start of a new cooperation to support local micro, small and medium-sized enterprises led or owned by young entrepreneurs, an essential step in helping the Egyptian economy to absorb the growing number of financially underserved young people entering the labour market and to expand their economic opportunities.”
Fawry’s CEO and founder Ashraf Sabry said: “We are proud to launch this collaboration with the EBRD through this financing agreement, which will allow us to broaden our range of financial services for young Egyptian micro-borrowers. We extend our gratitude to the EBRD and the European Union for their support and meaningful contribution.”
The EBRD’s Youth in Business programme, supported by the EU, enables young entrepreneurs to access vital financing and technical assistance to grow their small businesses through dedicated credit lines on-lent by banks and microfinance institutions. The credit lines are complemented by technical assistance, helping partner banks to strengthen their lending capacity. The blended financial support from the EU enables the intended borrowers to access finance at more affordable rates.
Fawry MSME Finance is a pioneering digital-finance microlender established in 2018 by Fawry, Egypt’s leading fully integrated fintech platform founded in 2008 and listed on the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) since 2019.
Egypt is a founding member of the EBRD, which has invested more than €14.6 billion in the country across 225 projects since it began operating there in 2012.
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