Georgia looks to further develop renewable energy
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Georgia is taking actions to further utilise trenewable energy and meet the requirements of the European Union’s renewable energy directive.
In particular, the Georgian authorities are discussing the possibilities of using biomass energy, especially in the agriculture industry.
For this reason Georgia’s Energy Minister Ilia Eloshvili today opened a working meeting on this topic where Agriculture and Environmental Ministries, representatives from the non-governmental organisations, experts and the President of Lithuania Biomass Energy Association were invited.
There is a large amount of solid residual biomass that can be used for the production of modern solid biofuel, which will largely cover the need for heating in the regions. This biomass includes agricultural wastes, forestry and timber processing and other wastes,” read the press release from the Ministry of Energy.
Now the authorities are working on an action plan for getting benefits from the above mentioned wastes.
The benefits are various such as it will help Georgia to eliminate the illegal cutting of wood and reduce the ecological crisis as it will be possible to replace burning wood with biofuel.
As a result it will improve the living conditions of people in rural areas and support development of small businesses, says the Ministry of Energy.
Families to generate electricity by themselves
Every family in Georgia will be able to install small scale renewable power generators and generate electricity for themselves.
From today Georgia’s obligations taken through the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change officially comes into play, which means Georgia must take steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other negative influences on the nature.
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