Time in Tbilisi: April 28, 2024 10:23
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is launching a new three-year energy program in Georgia to support the development of energy market in the country.
The $7.5 million energy program aims to contribute to the development of commercial electricity opportunities in Georgia; to optimise energy-related investments; help the country integrate with the renewable energy network and provide strategic consultation assistance to the Government of Georgia in terms of increasing energy security.
USAID presented the new energy program in Georgia today.
Georgia’s Economy Minister Dimitry Kumsishvili, who attended the program presentation ceremony, positively assessed the importance of the newly launched energy program.
He said that the program would significantly help Georgia to improve its energy market and attract more investments in this field.
Georgia is striving to fortify energy security in the country and improve its economy by building the largest hydro power plant in the recent history of independent Georgia - the Nenskra Hydro-Electric Power Plant (HPP).
The Kingdom of Norway is supporting the development of renewable energy sources in Georgia by approving $4 million for the country.
The Energy Community Secretariat is contributing to the widening of the gas market, attract investments and provide for the increased security of gas supply in Georgia. For this reason, the Energy Community Secretariat launched a technical assistance project in Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi this week under the EU4Energy Governance Project.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is offering €28 million to help Georgia rehabilitate Enguri Hydro Power Plant (HPP).
Turkish energy company Calik Energy will build a new wind power plant in Georgia’s Kartli region.
Large European energy companies Nord Pool and Bluberries will prepare recommendations for Georgia to help the country become a regional hub for electricity trade.
The international consultancy company McKinsey&Company is helping Georgia create an energy development strategy, Georgia’s Ministry of Economy has announced.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is helping Georgia combat the country’s stink bug infestation problem by offering $3.5 million.
High-officials have gathered in Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi to discuss the upcoming natural gas reform in Georgia that will contribute to the expansion of the gas market, attract investments and provide for increased security for the country’s gas supply.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is helping Georgia combat the country’s stink bug infestation problem by handing over 17 tractors to the Georgian National Food Agency in Abasha, in Georgia’s Samegrelo region.
Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bakhtadze has held meetings with USAID Administrator Mark Green and the vice president and foreign policy experts of the American Enterprise Institute yesterday.
German KfW and French AFD sign have signed €74 million in loan agreements to support energy sector reform in Georgia, announces the Delegation of the European Union to Georgia.
Georgia takes the leading position in the region in a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) ranking on a new organisational resource, Journey to Self-Reliance. Journey to Self Reliance will help guide the agency on specific country needs and how to strengthen each country’s ability to fund, manage, and solve its own development challenges.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is launching a new programme to support agricultural business development in Georgia’s western city of Kutaisi.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) will assist Georgian farmers living across the occupation lines near Shida Kartli and who have been affected by hail with $1 million in aid.
The German Development Bank (KfW) will help the government of Georgia to implement energy reforms, announces the Ministry of Economy of Georgia.
USAID signed an agreement with the Georgian Ministry of Infrastructure today to carry out six projects in four municipalities.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) has allocated $14 million to support the pre-election process in Georgia ahead of the 2020 parliamentary and 2021 municipal elections. USAID says that the four-year programme “will support more responsive and citizen-centered political processes.”
The government of Georgia is launching a new support scheme for the companies implementing energy projects in Georgia and need additional incentives to develop further, the ministry of economy announced on Tuesday.
Georgian deputy economy minister Romeo Mikautadze on Tuesday spoke about the importance of the development of green hydrogen in Georgia at an international forum organised by the International Energy Agency, the ministry of economy said.