The use of renewable energy as a future energy source is attracting considerable research interest globally. In particular, there is a significant growth in wind energy utilization during the last few years. This present study through a detailed and systematic literature survey assesses the wind energy potential of Kazakhstan for the first time. Using the Weibull distribution function and hourly wind speed data, the annual power and energy density of the sites are calculated. For the 50 sites considered in this study and at a height of 10 m above the ground, the annual average wind speed, the power density, and energy production of Kazakhstan range from 0.94–5.15 m/s, 4.50–169.34 W/m² and 39.56–1502.50 kWh/m²/yr, respectively. It was found that Fort Sevcenko, Atbasar, and Akmola are the three best locations for wind turbine installation with wind power densities of 169.34, 135.30, and 111.51 W/m², respectively. Fort Sevcenko demonstrates the highest potential for wind energy harvesting with an energy density of 1483.46 kWh/m²/yr. For the 15 commercial wind turbines, it was observed that the annual energy production of the selected turbines ranges between 3.8 GWh/yr in Petropavlovsk to 15.4 GWh/yr in Fort Sevcenko among the top six locations. The lowest and highest capacity factors correspond to the same sites with the values of 29.21% and 58.66%, respectively. Overall, it is the intention of this study to constitute a database for the users and developers of wind power in Kazakhstan.

在全球范围内，将可再生能源用作未来能源正在引起相当大的研究兴趣。特别是在过去的几年中，风能利用有了显着的增长。通过详细而系统的文献调查，本研究首次评估了哈萨克斯坦的风能潜力。使用威布尔分布函数和每小时风速数据，计算出站点的年功率和能量密度。对于本研究中考虑的50个站点，并且它们在离地面10 m的高度上，哈萨克斯坦的年平均风速，功率密度和能量产生范围分别为0.94-5.15 m / s，4.50-169.34 W / m ²和39.56–1502.50 kWh / m ²/ yr。已发现，塞维琴科堡，阿巴萨尔和阿科莫拉是风力涡轮机安装的三个最佳位置，风力密度分别为169.34、135.30和111.51 W / m ²。塞文科堡（Fort Sevcenko）的风能密度最高，为1483.46 kWh / m ² / yr。对于这15台商用风力涡轮机，观察到，在排名前六位的地区中，所选涡轮机的年发电量介于Petropavlovsk的3.8 GWh /年到Fort Sevcenko的15.4 GWh /年。最低和最高容量系数对应于相同的站点，分别为29.21％和58.66％。总体而言，本研究旨在为哈萨克斯坦的风电​​用户和开发商建立一个数据库。