Tbilisi, Georgia, Oct. 14
By Nana Kirtzkhalia - Trend:
Turkish company Calik Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. will build a cascade of the Alpana and Sadmeli hydropower plants on the Rioni River in Georgia's Racha-Lechkhumi-Kvemo Svaneti region.
Georgia's Energy Ministry told Trend Oct. 14 that a memorandum on construction of the hydropower plant cascade was signed by Georgian Energy Minister Kakha Kaladze and chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Calik Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Ahmet Calik.
Under the memorandum, the investor is obliged to develop a feasibility analysis of the construction project and a report on its impact on the environment, as well as to build a hydropower plants cascade.
The installed capacity of the Alpana power plant will be 70.6 MW, while the annual electricity output will stand at 356.8 million kilowatt hours.
The installed capacity of the Sadmeli hydropower plant will be 153 MW, and its annual electricity generation will be 637.6 million kilowatt hours.
The preliminary investment cost of the cascade's construction project is $485 million.
The ministry said that, in addition, the energy minister of Georgia and director of the Turkish company Ahlatci Enerji Sanayi ve Ticaret Ltd Sti inked a memorandum for construction of a hydropower plant on the Dolra River in Georgia's Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region.
Prior to the construction, the company's specialists will prepare feasibility study of the project and a report on its impact to the environment.
The installed capacity of the Dolra-3 hydropower plant will be 30 megawatts, and the annual electricity output will be 124 million kilowatt hours.
The initial investment cost of the project is $41.4 million.