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    BEST GREEN ENERGY ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO BE SHOWCASED AT EXPO 2017 IN ASTANA

    YEREVAN, February 8./ARKA/. Energy shortages in the world makes the
    leading powers seek new ways to solve this problem. While in the
    field of sports leaders are determined during the Olympic Games, in
    the sphere of innovations development such a venue is International
    Specialized Exhibition EXPO. In 2017, it will be held in Kazakhstan.

    The main theme of the site designated as the "Energy for the future".

    We emphasize that showcase of the best mankind achievements in the
    development of green energy will be held in a country whose economy
    has been historically kept at the edge of the angle. Perhaps this
    will be the main "zest" of the upcoming event.

    According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), in the nearest
    quarter of century, the mankind will face two simultaneous global
    threats. There are a shortage of energy resources and environmental
    disaster. The authorities of young Kazakhstan - a country, which
    broke away from the Soviet Union on December 1991, have adopted this
    theme in order to achieve the highest number of votes for the right
    to host EXPO-2017.

    The main contender for the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana, was a
    Belgian Liege, rather serious competitor, that already had experience
    of such exhibitions. At 152th General Assembly of the International
    Exhibitions Bureau (IEB), Belgium proposed the theme "Bringing people
    together." However, during a secret ballot of representatives of 161
    IEB Member States Astana was given the overwhelming number of votes.

    Kazakhstan's application was supported by 103 participating countries,
    44 - voted "against".

    The exhibition of such a scale has not been conducted not only in the
    Central Asian region, but throughout the Commonwealth of Independent
    States. Perhaps carte blanche was given to Astana in view of the fact
    that in this region for the past two years there have been held two
    major international events.

    The OSCE summit was held on December 1-2, 2010 in Astana. For the
    first time in 11 years after a similar summit in Istanbul, heads of
    state and diplomats from 56 countries of the OSCE met for one table.

    A month later, Kazakhstan was the first Central Asian country that
    exercised its right to host the VII Asian Winter Games. From January
    31 to February 6, 2011 in the official and the financial capitals
    of the country (Astana and Almaty) competitions were held with the
    participation of athletes from 26 countries.

    But the previous two events are incomparable with holding of EXPO, in
    which Kazakhstan may be visited, according to conservative estimates,
    by about 5 million people from 100 countries and about 10 international
    organizations. For comparison, according to official data, there are
    758,000 people in Astana.

    Realizing what serious test for the young capital of Kazakhstan will
    be the holding of EXPO-2017, the Presidium of the IEB took into
    account the fact that the preparations for the exhibition will be
    held under scrutiny and with the direct assistance of the leadership
    of the country.

    Back in Paris, as soon as it was decided to hold the Expo-2017 in
    Astana, the Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan Kairat Kelimbetov
    told at the press conference that for the supporting of research in
    the field of energy in the it was established the Fund Kazakhstan
    EXPO-2017. It concentrated more than 62 million euros. They will be
    allocated to fund research projects and scientific research on the
    development of renewable sources of energy of more than 69 developing
    countries.

    But benefits are not only for the countries, which are receiving
    guests. The case of a 10-fold profit was recorded with the Netherlands,
    which place their exhibition pavilion at Expo 2010 in Hannover
    (Germany). Investing up to 35 million euros, the Dutch brought to
    its economy about 350 million euros.

    As for the mistress of the exhibition, Germany, EXPO-2000 was losing:
    the country has lost its hold in the amount of 1.2 billion euros.

    Instead of the expected 40 million people the exhibition was visited
    by only 18 million. Then losses of EXPO-2000 became one of the reasons
    why France (organizer of the next show) refused to hold EXPO-2004
    in Seine-Saint-Denis.

    And it should be kept in mind not only the direct economic impact of
    the exhibition, but also additional benefits to be gained from EXPO.

    In Canada in 1967, an Expo cost 283 million Canadian dollars (178
    million euros), but the profit from this event resulted from the
    growth of the country's income from tourism in the same year.

    International tourism increased the budget of the country for 480
    million Canadian dollars (303 million euros).

    It is possible that the EXPO will give Astana new attractions. Recall
    that for the exhibition in 1851, it was built the world-famous Crystal
    Palace in London's Hyde Park. Enough to remember the fact that the
    famous Eiffel Tower, the symbol of France was designed by French
    engineer Gustave Eiffel especially for Paris "EXPO-1889".

    Astana, which can be called the largest construction site for almost
    every significant event in Kazakhstan, will present a new architectural
    object. With the participation of renowned architects from around the
    world Kisho Kurokawa and Norman Foster from the moment of transfer
    of the Kazakhstan capital in 1997, the area of the former Akmola
    (formerly known as Astana) has increased almost three times, from
    258 to 710.2 square kilometers.

    The Kazakh side expects to attract significant amounts of private
    investment in the construction of new exhibition facilities and
    infrastructure. In Astana, the forthcoming Expo 2017 is considered
    as a push for the next stage of development of the city. It has been
    already selected a land for the construction of the future Expo Center
    taking into account infrastructural development of the city. Total
    land area is 113 hectares, of which 25 hectares - is complex, and the
    rest is allocated for parking, outdoor construction and city EXPO-2017.

    We note here that in Shanghai specifically for the exhibition there
    were built several lines of Shanghai Metro. In Portugal, for example,
    in 1998, in order to cope with the expected number of visitors, it
    was developed a program including: the new Vasco da Gama Bridge (the
    longest in Europe), a new line of the Lisbon subway stations 7 lines
    (5 were ready to open) , the new chief multimodal terminal, train,
    subway, bus and taxi, called GaredoOriente.

    At the same time the holding of EXPO increase the inflow of foreign
    tourists to the country. Do not forget the fact that the objects being
    built as part of EXPO, in the future will let to consider Kazakhstan
    and Astana in particular, as a major international, exhibition and
    information-presentation platform.

    It is worth paying attention to the fact that the Kazakh authorities
    intend to implement plans for the development of processing industries.

    The government adopted a policy of rapid industrialization. With
    the positive results of these state measures, the introduce of new
    industries will lead to the growth of energy consumption.

    Given the significant amount of coal in depths of Kazakhstan (3.6
    percent of world reserves), energy of the Central Asian country is
    mainly based on coal component.

    Nevertheless, Kazakhstan builds its policy so that by 2030 the share
    of renewable energy sources (RES) will increase to 11 percent in
    the structure of the generating capacity of the country. Kazakh
    authorities hope that with the development of renewable energy in
    the world, these technologies will become cheaper.

    It is symbolic that the exhibition area of Astana will only be provided
    by renewable energy sources. Thus, Kazakhstan capital will be a sort
    of "City of the Future." A presentation of the achievements of the
    world alternative energy development in the EXPO-2017 will further
    expand the horizons of renewable energy in Kazakhstan. -0-

    Lusine Karapetyan reported for ARKA agency


    From: Baghdasarian
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