As the race for sub $1.5/kg green hydrogen price is well underway, Kazakhstan and India are both making the news this week with individual giga-scale wind farm deals as the Asian countries are churning the wheels on their respective hydrogen industries. ACWA Power, a Saudi developer and investor, has announced a partnership agreement with the Republic of Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy and Samruk-Kazyna, the sovereign wealth fund of Kazakhstan, to lead and develop a 1GW wind and battery storage project within the Central Asian country. The project marks ACWA Power’s entry into Kazakhstan, and with an initial investment of $1.5 billion, it aims to support national climate action, renewables integration, and sustainable development efforts through innovation and technology integration. The investment…