First-ever Floating Solar Power Station opens in Georgia with USAID support

First-ever 216 kW Floating Solar Power Station was opened on Tuesday in southeastern Georgia’s Gardabani municipality, launched by enterprise AgroImpex with financial support from USAID.

The USAID Georgia said the opening of the power station, which is set to generate about 300,000 kWh each year and save approximately $32,400 annually, was “a major milestone for Georgia’s energy security” and noted it would decrease the electricity consumption by 38 percent.

By CO2 equivalent, a 216 kW solar power plant, for which around $177,000 was allocated, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 31,200 kg.

The USAID emphasised the project was a “strong example” of how its investments in renewable energy benefited Georgia’s economy and communities.

The opening event was addressed by USAID Mission Director John Pennell, Tengiz Nasaridze, the Deputy Environment Minister, and Davit Narmania, the Head of the Georgian National Energy and Water Supply Regulatory Commission, as well as Natalia Kharatishvili, the Deputy Director of Rural Development Agency, Giorgi Darchiashvili, the Deputy Director of Corporate Banking at TBC Bank, and Lasha Jincharadze, the co-founder of AgroImpex.