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Georgia continues to conduct research on Namakhvani HPP

Oil&Gas Materials 17 April 2021 12:31 (UTC +04:00)
Georgia continues to conduct research on Namakhvani HPP

BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 17

Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:

Any organization interested in the Namkhvani HPP project can pick out its candidate to stuff the expert council on the HPP, said Georgian Economy Minister Natia Turnava, Trend reports via Georgian media.

Minister noted that up to 80 surveys were published over the project to date.

According to her, communication is a key that would build more trust and end speculations over the HPP construction.

“In a bid to foster trust, all the watching groups and experts will be able to entail in this process. Besides, one more issue concerns the land and why we gave it to the investor. All the HPPs in Georgia, except for Enguri HPP, are private, and the investor legally owns the land there. It is a mainstream practice,” Turnava added.

Meanwhile, anti-HPP protesters have been holding rallies for several months. The opponents of the HPP are concerned about HPP construction could harm the environment.

In 2019, the Georgian government granted the right to develop, build, own and operate the Namakhvani HPP cascade to the Turkish company ENKA and the Norwegian Clean Energy Group. The engineering structure will occupy the territory of two municipalities at once: Tsageri and Tskhaltubo.

Namakhvani HPP will consist of a cascade of two HPPs: one with a 1 sq. km, and the second - with an area of ​​5.1 sq. km.

After the completion of the project, annual electricity production in Georgia will increase by 15 percent. Some $830 million will be invested in the construction of the cascade.

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