The speech at the briefing in the press center of the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan was on projects to reduce harmful effects on climate, approved at the International Specialized Exhibition Expo-2017.

The project "Application of Green Heating Technology" for the energy supply of the “Energy Research Center” facility at the Expo-2017 exhibition was presented by one of the developers, the director of the RI "Energy-saving and energy-efficient technologies", Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Thermal Engineering of ENU after L.N. Gumilev, Altai Alimgazin.

"The technologies that we represented at Expo-2017 are heat pump technologies using non-traditional renewable energy sources. The problem of increasing greenhouse gas emissions is very relevant all over the world. There are a lot of examples. Here in Kazakhstan, 37 thermal power stations, several large state regional power stations, three oil refineries, factories of ferrous and nonferrous metallurgy, which everywhere have a system of circulating water supply, that is connected with the release of thermal pollution. We propose to reduce these emissions with the help of our systems," the RI director said.

According to him, this direction has great prospects and will have a big effect on the economy of the country. It provides for reduction of emissions of system-recycling water supply and sewerage.

"This is proved by world practice, we traveled the world a lot, we studied the experience of European countries, China, and Asian countries. One example is the implementation of the project at the CHPP of China, where six large heat pumps are installed. They receive an additional income for thermal energy of $5 million and save a large amount of water—500 thousand tons. At the same time, greenhouse gas emissions are reduced by large sums," A. Alimgazin said.

As the professor noted, the effectiveness of this system for Kazakhstan will be much greater.

"Our climatic period is very hard, the heating period is much longer. The result of using these technologies is a 2-4-fold reduction in emissions, a reduction in budgetary funds, a complete absence of emissions, a short pay-back period for projects," he said.

The developer recommends using heat pump technologies in cottage house-building, social facilities and industrial enterprises.

The technology is patented, production is planned to begin at the Pavlodar metallurgical plant LLP "KSP Steel".

This project was selected in the contest of the best scientific projects of the country's scientists in the field of alternative and renewable energy, held by the Ministries of Energy, Education and Science in 2016-2017, and among the best projects of Kazakhstan, was presented in the national pavilion of Kazakhstan "Nur Alem".

After the exhibition, foreign companies showed their interest in the development. So, on October 2, a memorandum of cooperation was concluded between the Finnish company Kaoko International and ENU. The company expressed interest in participating in the Consortium of the manufacturing sector in cooperation with ENU, the Cavendish Laboratory of Cambridge University and intends to conclude an agreement on co-financing the project on the application of heat pump technology.

The company also provided a commercial offer for the supply of a heat pump with a capacity of 400 kW as an alternative proposal when concluding an agreement between ENU and JSC Science Foundation on the university's grant for the commercialization of technologies for 2017-2020.

Also, Kaoko International showed a specific interest in the joint project for the construction of a plant for the production of heat pumps in Kazakhstan based on the KSP Steel plant.

"For us, it was a little unexpected when American and Russian representatives of the crypto-currency firm contacted us. They produce crypto-currencies on block modular equipment, where a lot of heat is lost. Thanks to our technology, it will be possible to reduce energy consumption and receive 4-5 times more heat," A. Alimgazin summed up.

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