Georgian parliament adopts energy efficiency legislation
Welcoming the adoption of the legislation on May 21, Economy Minister Natia Turnava said Georgia has been carrying out rapid reforms to turn its energy sector into a European-styled ‘green energy sector’. Photo: Energy Community/Twitter
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The Georgian parliament has adopted legislation on energy efficiency and energy performance of buildings, bringing the country closer to EU standards.
The legislation aims to reduce emissions and pollution, improve the energy efficiency of buildings, as well as decrease energy imports and bolster the country’s energy security.
The Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia, Carl Hartzell, now hopes to see the Georgian government’s ‘rapid follow-up’.
Congrats to @parliament_ge on adoption of today’s key energy efficiency legislation!
— Carl Hartzell (@CarlHartzellEU) May 21, 2020
Hope to see rapid follow-up by @GovernmentGeo to unlock substantial EU & IFI funding to building renovation programmes; for energy savings, environment +health, & boost to construction businesses pic.twitter.com/RIFHyhyWp0
The European Union, the United Nations Development Programme and the Energy Community are helping Georgia ‘refine its climate and energy policy, ensuring that legislation works to reduce emissions’.
#ClimateChange should not be forgotten in the battle against #COVID19 @EUinGeorgia, @Ener_Community and UNDP help #Georgia refine its climate and energy policy, ensuring that legislation works to reduce emissions. #EasternPartnership #StrongerTogether https://t.co/r72EmBW12T
— UNDP in Georgia (@UNDPGeorgia) May 22, 2020
Noting that the battle against COVID-19 is 'at the top of the policy agenda', the organisations say the 'measures to fight climate change should not be forgotten in the pandemic'.
We congratulate Georgia @Economygovge for adopting a key set of energy efficiency laws - well done! ????????????
— Energy Community (@Ener_Community) May 22, 2020
The Laws on Energy Efficiency and on Energy Performance of Buildings - transpose the EU Directives in this field ???? https://t.co/JCd2Mx3gBF. #Georgia #energyefficiency pic.twitter.com/lRaH9V9gIs
Welcoming the adoption of the legislation on May 21, Economy Minister Natia Turnava said Georgia has been carrying out rapid reforms to turn its energy sector into a European-styled ‘green energy sector’.
The German government will allocate a €2 mln grant to support Georgia decrease greenhouse gas emissions, announced Minister of Agriculture Levan Davitashvili earlier today after a government meeting.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is launching a new Green Economy Financing Facility (GEFF) programme in Georgia to develop energy efficiency in the country.
Deputy Director-General of the Directorate General for Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations has visited a construction site of a large-scale energy efficiency project in Tbilisi.
A number of public buildings in Georgia will soon benefit from more energy-efficient infrastructure thanks to a new grant agreement that was signed today between the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) and Georgia’s Ministry of Finance.
The agreement with KfW is part of the financial support that the Georgian government has attracted from its international partners to contain the spread of the coronavirus and help restore the Georgian economy.
A Georgian project of biomass energy and energy efficient technologies took the third place in the European Union Sustainable Energy Award for the Eastern Partnership. The project envisages full retrofitting of two municipal kindergartens with modern energy efficiency technologies using renewable energy in the country's eastern region of Kakheti.
Georgia will experience 14% energy savings by 2025 after adopting key energy efficiency laws, the Law on Energy Efficiency and the Law on Energy Performance of Buildings, says the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD).