Turkey’s Calik Energy will invest $70m to build new wind power plant in Georgia

Turkish energy company Calik Energy will build a new wind power plant in Georgia’s Kartli region.

The decision came after a meeting between Georgia’s Economy Minister Dimitry Kumsishvili and chairman of the supervisory board of Calik Energy, Ahmad Calik. The meeting was held yesterday in the Turkish capital city of Ankara during Kumsishvili’s official visit to turkey.

It was decided that the Turkish energy company will build a 50 MW wind power plant in Kartli, announced Georgia’s Ministry of Economy.

To implement this project Calik Enegry will invest $70 million in Georgia.

The projects will be implemented in coordination with Georgia’s Energy Development Fund.

Georgia has already begun utilising its huge wind energy potential thanks to the first wind farm which was built in the Kartli region in 2016.

The 20MW Kartli Wind Power Plant has generated 103,923,000 kWh of power since it opened in 2016.

In January 2018 the plant plant generated 7,123,340 kWh, which is 723,000 kWh more than expected.