Gov’t allocating 2 mln GEL to install solar panels in areas without electricity
Overall, public buildings in Georgia are step by step going green by introducing energy-efficient solutions. Photo: Agenda.ge.
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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.
Georgian Prime Minister Mamuka Bakhtadze said at today’s government meeting that the solar panels will be mostly installed in such settlements “which have unique touristic potential”.
He explained that no access to the electricity hampers development of tourism potential in such areas.
Overall, public buildings in Georgia are step by step going green by introducing energy-efficient solutions.
The United Nations (UN) House in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi is going green with a new solar roof.
About 15 public schools in Georgia will be turned into more energy-efficient buildings through a pilot project that introduces energy-saving solutions for schools.
The international consultancy company McKinsey&Company is helping Georgia create an energy development strategy, Georgia’s Ministry of Economy has announced.
In order to improve the living conditions of internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in the eastern Georgian village of Prezeti, the government of Lithuania has financed a renewable energy project and introduced energy-saving solutions in Prezeti.
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.
Nine countries of the Central Asia Regional Economic Cooperation (CAREC) programme have signed a historic declaration today that will accelerate cooperation on energy issues and make the creation of a regional energy market easier.
Lithuanian-built solar power plants have started operating in three refugee camps in Prezeti, Tsilkani and Tserovani today.
A 50-megawatt wind power plant will be built near the village Nigoza in the Gori municipality, which will generate 200 million kilowatt-hours annually, announced Economy Minister Natia Turnava earlier today.