3 wind, 5 hydro powerplants to be built in four regions - Gov't
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Three wind and five hydroelectric powerplants are planned to be built in Samtskhe-Javakheti, Kakheti, Shida Kartli and Imereti regions of Georgia, the Administration of the Government of Georgia said on Monday.
The total installed capacity of energy projects, presented at today’s Government meeting, is over 250 megawatts of installed capacity, and will total $400 million in investments.
The Government Administration also said agreements with investor companies would ensure technical and financial feasibility studies as well as construction works for the infrastructure.
Levan Davitashvili, the Georgian Economy Minister, on Wednesday told the Parliament electricity generation in the country had hit its “historical high” of 11.1 billion KW/h in the first nine months of this year.
A Government meeting chaired by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday discussed the first auction of electricity production capacity initiated by the Ministry of Economy.
The Business Universal programme of Georgia’s export promotion agency Enterprise Georgia now includes electricity production to increase financial availability of business loans for a "maximum number" of entrepreneurs.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday announced that the government would present the vision of energy development to society and business “in just a few weeks”, no later than November and would begin its implementation in the “near future”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday left for Brussels to participate in the Global Gateway Forum organised by the European Commission, the Government Administration said.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili will be a “keynote speaker” at the Global Gateway Forum hosted by Ursula von der Leyen, the European Commission President, in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday, Georgia’s EU Ambassador Vakhtang Makharoblishvili said on Tuesday.