8 solar power plants under consideration
Local company studies Georgia’s solar potential
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Georgia is investigating the potential to power the country with solar energy, reduce its dependence on finite resources and offer a renewable energy solution to the thousands of people in Georgia who continue to live without electricity.
The Government of Georgia and Caucasus Solar Company have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) this week to start a technical-economic study for the construction of eight solar power plants in Georgia.
Read an in-depth analysis Is solar energy the answer to Georgia’s energy challenges? on Agenda.ge.
The MoU examines the possibility of building the following solar power plants in Georgia:
- Ksani Solar Power Plant
- Marneuli Solar Power Plant
- Kaspi Solar Power Plant
- Gldani Solar Power Plant
- Akhaltsikhe Solar Power Plant 1
- Akhaltsikhe Solar Power Plant 2
- Gardabani Solar Power Plant 1
- Gardabani Solar Power Plant 2
During the next 18 months, Caucasus Solar Company will complete its technical-economic study and present it to the Government of Georgia which will then make a decision on the construction of the solar power plants.
A new solar energy generation system will begin operating at Tbilisi International Airport today. The system will generate 40 percent of electricity the airport consumes.
People living in Georgia’s third largest city Kutaisi can now charge their mobile phones, laptops and other electrical devices while enjoying the outdoors at the city’s first energy efficient park.
Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is enjoying its first energy efficient kindergarten.
American company studies solar potential in rural Georgia
Georgia is investigating the potential to power the country with solar energy, reduce its dependence on finite resources and offer a renewable energy solution to the thousands of people in Georgia who continue to live without power.
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.
Georgia is taking actions to further utilise trenewable energy and meet the requirements of the European Union’s renewable energy directive.
Three villages in a buffer zone of one of western Georgia’s national parks will be using biomass briquettes, energy-efficient stoves and solar panels this winter, instead of cutting trees for firewood.
Kindergartnes in Georgia’s Khoni and Tkibuli municipalities are now heated through solar energy thanks to the "People in Need” project in Georgia, financed by the European Union (EU) and the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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 Georgian government has announced the launch of the Climate Change Adaptation Programme with a budget of $70 million .