Georgia, Germany sign €1.3 mln deal to develop green hydrogen technology
The German Government will allocate €1.3 million through the German Development Bank to support introduction of green hydrogen technology in Georgia. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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The German Government will allocate €1.3 million through the German Development Bank to support introduction of green hydrogen technology in Georgia, the Georgian Ministry of Economy announced on Tuesday.
The Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation and the Bank signed the agreement as part of the intergovernmental negotiations on development between the two states, hosted in Berlin on Monday.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Romeo Mikautadze said the development was coming on the back of his Government’s involvement in the Green Hydrogen project as a member of the European Energy Union.
We are not only studying the possibility of introducing [this] technological innovation in the country and being introduced to successful examples, but also starting a pilot project. I would like to express my gratitude to the German Government, which is helping us develop use of green hydrogen”, he said.
Romeo Mikautadze. Photo: Ministry of Economy
The Ministry of Economy said preparatory work would determine technical and economic feasibility, design, environmental impact and related legislation for the implementation of the technology.
The Ministry also said the two countries had agreed to jointly develop both a green hydrogen pilot plant and its “full value chain”.
The United States Agency for International Development and Georgian Renewable Power Company have teamed up to develop a solar power project at the Qartli wind farm to increase Georgia's clean energy production capacity during periods of low wind speed in the central municipality of Gori, the USAID announced on Friday.
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.
The German Government will allocate €1.3 million through the German Development Bank to support the introduction of the green hydrogen technology and develop relevant conducive legal framework in Georgia, the Embassy of Germany announced on Tuesday.
A declaration has been signed between the Georgian Economy Ministry and the German Development Bank (KfW) earlier today on the development of clean and renewable energy in Georgia. The study of green hydrogen potential begins in Georgia, the Economy Ministry reports.
Georgia’s European integration and the progress achieved by the country were discussed on Tuesday by Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, the legislative body’s Environmental Protection Committee Chair Maia Bitadze and Sven Giegold, the State Secretary at the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
Georgian Finance Minister Lasha Khutsishvili and Luise Hölscher, the German Federal Minister of Finance, on Tuesday discussed bilateral partnership and future cooperation as part of intergovernmental negotiations on development between the two states, hosted in Berlin.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Romeo Mikautadze on Thursday welcomed delegations of nine south-eastern European countries that gathered in Tbilisi to participate in the 32nd Energy Efficiency Coordination Group and Workshop of the Energy Community.
Benjamin Limbach, the Minister of Justice of the German State of North Rhine-Westphalia, on Thursday highlighted the role of “open dialogue” between citizens and state institutions for the functioning of a “democratic and law-based state”, in comments during his visit to Georgia.