Long-term safety of dams “huge task” for any country, including Georgia - Deputy Economy Minister
The “best example” of complex monitoring of construction safety in Georgia has been the contentious supervision of Enguri Plant’s arch dam, its construction and operation, he told the conference, organised by the Georgian National Committee on Large Dams. Photo via Economy Ministry
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Long-term safety of dams is a “huge task” for any country, including Georgia, the country’s Deputy Economy Minister Romeo Mikautadze said on Tuesday in his address to the international conference titled Dams and Hydropower: Adapting for a Changing World.
Mikautadze noted thanks to Georgia’s “rich hydro resources”, the country had built arc dams, including the Enguri Hydro Power Plant located on the administrative boundary between Georgia and its occupied region of Abkhazia, adding the construction of this type of building was also planned in the future.
The “best example” of complex monitoring of construction safety in Georgia has been the contentious supervision of Enguri Plant’s arch dam, its construction and operation, he told the conference, organised by the Georgian National Committee on Large Dams.
The world is changing, challenges are increasing, new technologies are being introduced in the construction and operation of dams and energy facilities in general, and our strategy must develop in this direction as well, in order to use the existing resources as efficiently as possible”, the Deputy Minister emphasised.
The conference, attended by experts from Italy, Switzerland, Spain, Germany and other countries, included the training of the employees of the dams and hydrotechnical structures, as well as various sessions and presentations. The event was also addressed by Davit Mirtskhulava, the Chair of the GNCOLD.
The Government of Georgia on Monday discussed a project initiated by the Ministry of Economy for construction of two new hydro powerplants in the western regions of Racha and Samegrelo.
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.
The Georgian Government will “gradually” sign the contracts with the companies that were declared winners of the first auction in projects for renewable energy infrastructure in July, the Economy Ministry said on Friday.
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”.
Georgian Deputy Economy Minister Romeo Mikautadze on Tuesday highlighted the importance of resource efficiency in the industry sector and of promoting green growth in Georgian enterprises in comments at a national conference on the subjects.
The Government of Georgia on Monday approved construction of wind and solar power plants, transfer of over 305 hectares of agricultural land plots to 14 leases and restructuring of the youth affairs state agency at its weekly meeting.