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Output from Georgian Enguri HPP to increase after reconstruction - Director of Enguri HPP

Oil&Gas Materials 22 April 2021 16:18 (UTC +04:00)
Output from Georgian Enguri HPP to increase after reconstruction - Director of Enguri HPP

BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 22

By Tamilla Mammadova – Trend:

After the reconstruction is completed, the output from Georgian Enguri HPP will increase by 10-15 percent, said Levan Mebonia, Director of Enguri HPP, Trend reports via Georgian media.

According to him, the HPP will resume work from the end of April.

As he noted, the reconstruction process will continue until the end of the year. The reconstruction of the diversion tunnel is being completed, which was impossible without stopping the HPP. The rest of the works will be carried out in parallel with the HPP operation.

"We can’t specify a rise in electricity generation, we will know this after the HPP is commissioned, but can assume that production will increase by 10-15 percent," he said.

On January 20, 2021, all five units of the Enguri HPP were stopped for urgent reconstruction works in the diversion tunnel. The works are being carried out 24 hours a day and are planned to be completed by the beginning of May this year, as water resources are increasing by that time and it is important that the Enguri HPP starts generating electricity with increased capacity.

The total cost of the reconstruction project is 45 million euros – 7 million is a grant received from the European Commission, and 38 million is the financial resource allocated by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

The reconstruction works employ about 300 people and most of them are locals.

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