A major green energy project is planned in the Turkistan region. Sairam biogas and fertilizers factory intends to build a biogas plant and produce integrated fertilizers. The investment is estimated at about 25 billion tenge, reports infohub.kz.
The project was discussed by Deputy Akim of the Turkistan region Kanat Kaiypbek and the company's CEO Almaz Tulenov. During the meeting, they reviewed the project's prospects and issues of providing the future enterprise with engineering infrastructure.
According to the regional administration, the plant will be located in the Mankent rural district of the Sairam district. The enterprise will cover an area of 17.29 hectares. Investors plan to create 100 jobs.
Once operational, the plant will be able to generate up to 4.95 MW of electricity annually. The project is planned to be implemented in stages from 2027 to 2029. It has been included in the Unified Industrialization Map.
Kaiypbek noted that the regional authorities are ready to support effective investment projects. In his words, the new plant could boost industrial development, produce environmentally friendly energy, and create new jobs.
According to Adata, the owner of Sairam biogas and fertilizers factory is Almaz Tulenov. He also owns Greenagro, which operated under the name Kusto Energy until February 2026.
In 2019, Kusto Energy was reported in the media as the energy division of Kusto Group and planned to build a biogas plant in the Burabay resort area of the Akmola region. However, the official Kusto Group website does not mention any connection with Kusto Energy or Greenagro. The founder and majority owner of Kusto Group is businessman Yerkin Tatishev. He ranks 24th in the Forbes list of the richest Kazakhs with a fortune of $435 million. His partner Kanat Kopbayev is in 55th place with $191 million.