Shuakhevi hydropower plant project to generate 450 GWh of power in Georgia
The Shuakhevi HPP will generate 450 gigawatt (GW) hours of clean energy annually while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 200,000 tonnes per year. Photo: Adjaristsqali Georgia.
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Georgia is reducing dependence on imported energy by increasing domestic electricity production thanks to the Shuakhevi hydropower plant project which is being developed in Adjara region.
The Shuakhevi HPP will generate 450 gigawatt (GW) hours of clean energy annually while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 200,000 tonnes per year, announces Adjaristsqali Georgia.
The project will be put into operation in the first quarter of 2020, while the 187 MW Shuakhevi hydropower plant has already started production of electricity this spring. Soon the 9 MW Skhalta hydropower plant, which is also part of the Shuakhevi project, will also start operation.
Adjaristsqali Georgia, the company developing the Shuakhevi hydropower plant project on the river of Adjaristsqali, says that Shuakhevi HPP is the largest and most influential energy project in the last 70 years in Georgia.
Together with other renewable energy sources such as solar and wind power stations, Shuakhevi HPP is poised to become Georgia’s main energy link to achieve energy independence", read the project description of the Shuakhevi HPP published by Adjaristsqali Georgia.
The development of the Shuakhevi project started in 2013.
The project involves the construction and operation of a 187 MW hydropower scheme, consisting of two HPPs: the 178 MW Shuakhevi HPP and 9.8 MW Skhalta HPP with respective dams and reservoirs on the Adjaristsqali and Skhalta Rivers and one five-meter weir on the Chirukhistskali River.
The Shuakhevi project is a part of the Georgian strategy to develop its hydropower potential. The generated electricity will be primarily sold in Georgia, and in this way enables the country to reduce dependency on imported energy.
For the second time in a row Georgia’s capital city of Tbilisi is hosting the international congress and exhibition ‘Hydropower Caspian and Central Asia’. This is a professional platform for high-level participants to discuss key topics to guide the course for hydropower construction and operation in the Caspian and Central Asia region.
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From summer 2017 the Shuakhevi Hydro Power Plant (HPP) will be fully operational, helping Georgia tap into its hydropower potential and achieve energy self-sufficiency.
From summer 2017 the Shuakhevi Hydro Power Plant (HPP) will be fully operational, helping Georgia tap into its hydropower potential and achieve energy self-sufficiency.
US company Cerberus Frontier will construct a small hydropower plant, Bakhvi 1, in the Guria region of Georgia, announced Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava today. The installed capacity of Bakhvi 1 is planned to be 12 MW, while the average annual generation should be 78.2 GW/h.
The Human Rights and Monitoring Center (EMC) has appealed the decision to build a hydro power plant in Guria in Tbilisi City Court.
US company Cerberus Frontier will construct a small hydropower plant, to be named Bakhvi 1, in the Guria region of Georgia, announced Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava today.
Lasha Khutsishvili, the minister of finance of Georgia, on Monday said while the state could financially contribute to the construction of large hydro power plants in the country, the involvement would not be “significant”.
Adjaristsqali Georgia, the company developing the Shuakhevi hydropower plant project on the river of Adjaristsqali in the western Adjara region, on Wednesday responded media reports alleging violations of safety standards of Didachara dam, a part of the project, by declaring “with full responsibility” that the facility was “structurally stable, safe in terms of operation and fully compliant with Georgian and international standards”.