Economy Minister: Namakhvani HPP will provide Georgia with 12% of its electricity consumption needs
The project is being carried out by the Turkish company Enka. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge.
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The Namakhvani hydroelectric power plant (HPP) being built in the Tskaltubo municipality will provide Georgia with 12% of its electric energy needs once completed, Economy Minister Natia Turnava said earlier today while visiting the site.
This is a very important large hydropower plant with an installed capacity of 430 MW; It will bring in $800 million in foreign direct investments,” said Turnava,
She also noted that the project will support the employment of the local population and noted that as of now about 370 people are involved in the project. In the future, around 1,600 citizens will be employed for the project.
Turava noted that the project is being carried out with a high social responsibility and with adherence to the best environmental standards.
The project is being carried out by the Turkish company Enka.
Six HPP have been put into operation this year with a total capacity of 27.47 MW, says the Ministry of Economy. Three more HPPs will be put into operation with a total capacity of 3.72 MW by the end of this year.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has allocated €90 million to finance the construction of 150 km long new transmission network and substations in Georgia and to strengthen the energy network in the country.
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 construction of a new, 27 megawatt hydro power plant (HPP), Samkuristskali 2 is sheduled to begin in Georgia’s Muslim-populated Pankisi Gorge in November, construction company Peri has announced.
Georgia’s Ministry of Energy has announced the Expression of Interest on the technical and economic feasibility study, construction, ownership and operation of four hydro power plants (HPP) worth of over $239 million.
More than €10 million will be allocated for various projects in energy, health and food safety thanks to a new deal signed between the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Agency of Nuclear and Radiation Safety of Georgia.
The construction of the main facilities of the Namakhvani HPP in western Georgia, in particular the dam and the reservoir, will be suspended until major studies are re-verified and validated, while construction of the auxiliary infrastructure will continue, announces Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava.
Two protesters have been detained during a clash with police over the Namakhvani hydro power plant (HPP) in the western Georgian region of Imereti.
The Georgian Interior Ministry has announced that the tents of activists protesting the construction of the Namakhvani hydro power plant (HPP) in the western Georgian region of Imereti will be removed after a man drowned in Rioni River yesterday.
Locals who have been protesting the construction of Namakhvani HPP for 168 days by Turkish company ENKA are now holding a rally in the village of Gumati, Imereti region after police dismantled their tents in the village of Namakhvani yesterday ‘due to possible threats of flooding.’
Demonstrators who have been protesting the construction of the Namakhvani HPP in the Rioni Gorge of western Georgia for more than 170 days are ready for a ‘constructive dialogue’ with the Georgian government. The local organisers of the rally met government representatives in Kutaisi yesterday and put forward their demands. Ruling party MP Sozar Subari, who attended the meeting, said that one of the key reasons for the protests was a lack of communication.