A mosque that produces and sells electricity in Kazakhstan
A mosque in Kazakhstan is a place of worship as well as an enterprise that produces and sells electricity.
According to the report prepared by the Kazakh service of RFE/RL, electricity is produced by installing solar panels in the mosque.
The information states that 273 thousand euros this system worth 2018-in of Austria Weissenseer company designed and installed by
According to calculations, the income from energy sales should cover the cost by 2025.
“Christoph Müller, CEO of Weissenseer as he previously told the Kazakh press, this is the world’s first energy-independent mosque.
The imam of the mosque, Yahyakhoja Ismayilov, says that the production of electricity exceeds the demand of the mosque, and the excess electricity is sold to the energy department of the city of Astana.
“Other expenses of the mosque are also covered by the electricity we provide to the city”the imam added.
Yahyakhoja Ismayilov, who has been an imam in different cities of Kazakhstan for 35 years, believes that mosques should not rely on donations from visitors, but should use different methods to cover their expenses.