UN House in Tbilisi goes green with solar roof
The initiative is part of UN efforts to promote the use of renewable energy and fight climate change. Photo: UNDP Georgia.
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The United Nations (UN) House in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi is going green with a new solar roof.
The roof of the UN House in Tbilisi is now covered with 36 solar panels that produce 16,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, reducing office energy use by 20%”, announced the UNDP Georgia today.
The initiative is part of UN efforts to promote the use of renewable energy, reduce the impact of energy generation on the environment and fight climate change.
UNDP in Georgia posted on its Twitter account about the news to mark the Earth Day that is celebrated on April 22.
????UN House in #Georgia goes green!
— UNDP in Georgia (@UNDPGeorgia) April 22, 2019
36 solar panels, installed on the roof of the building, produce 16,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity per year, reducing energy use at @ungeorgia by 20%#EarthDay #EarthDay2019 #GreenEnergy #SaveThePlanet pic.twitter.com/u9oWCuZwEo
In line with this policy, the UN House in Georgia is equipped with energy-efficient lighting and is working towards a paperless office, said the UNDP Georgia.
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A number of public buildings in Georgia will soon benefit from more energy-efficient infrastructure thanks to a new grant agreement that was signed today between the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) and Georgia’s Ministry of Finance.
The government of Georgia has allocated 2 million GEL (about 0.73m/€0.65m) to install solar panels in areas of Georgia where there is still no consistent electricity supply.
A new factory has opened in Georgia’s third largest city of Kutaisi to produce solar panels that will be exported to the European Union, United States and Middle East. The factory was opened today by German company AE SOLAR, which is one of the world’s leaders in producing solar panels.
Solar power systems will be installed in 87 Georgian villages that are not hooked up to the national electricity grid in mountainous regions of Georgia. The government of Georgia will provide 178 permanent resident families of Mtskheta-Mtianeti, Shida Kartli, Samtskhe-Javakheti, Racha-Lechkhum –Kvemo Svaneti, Kakheti and Imereti with the solar panels.
A total of €105 million will be spent to reconstruct public buildings in Georgia as part of a joint project carried out by the German Development Bank (KfW) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). The budget of this project is a combination of low-interest loans of €80 million, an investment grant of €20 million and a €5 million grant for technical assistance.