The future of green energy in Georgia

Hydro Power

Georgia has more than 20,000 rivers and almost 300 of them provide excellent opportunity for hydropower generation. Georgia is one of the top countries in terms of water resources per capita and it is logical that today about 80% of total electricity is generated from Hydro Power.

The abundance of small rivers provides an excellent opportunity to develop smaller environment and community friendly over-the-river plants.

All new hydro power plants are fully deregulated. HPPs with installed capacity of 13MW or less do not require generation license and HPPs that have installed capacity of 2 MW or less don't need environmental impact permit either. Additionally, license for export are not required.

Solar Power

Due to the geographical location of Georgia, the emanation of the Sun is rather high. In most regions of the country, there are 250-280 sunny days in a year, which is approximately 1,900-2,200 hours per year. The annual radiation of the Sun varies depending on regions from 1,250-1,800 KWh/m2, while the average sun radiation equals 4.2 KWh/m2.

While there are currently no large solar power projects completed in Georgia, we believe Solar Power will inevitably become a significant part of the Georgian energy market.

Wind Power

Georgia offers an attractive opportunity for investments in wind power plants. Wind potential of Georgia is estimated at 4 TWh.

While there is only one currently operational wind farm in Georgia to date, we see great opportunity to develop new wind projects in the country, both big and small. The success story of Qartli wind farm, which was first wind power plant project in Georgia, in the area of Gori and Kareli municipalities, with installed capacity of 20.7 MW and annually generated electricity equivalent to 84 100 000 mln kWh, will serve a great example for future wind projects in Georgia.

Given the unique Georgian wind resource, we believe wind energy is a perfect way to substitute energy produced from fossil fuels as well as reduce Georgia’s reliance on energy imports.

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181
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Inland areas

Tbilisi

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171
9.1
W, SW
1000–4000
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22–26
4–5

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Eastern Georgia

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10.3
E, NE
400–1600
133
20–24
2–4

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Western Georgia