JSC Nenskra Hydro to Cooperate with Mestia Municipality in New Format

On August 23, a Memorandum of Cooperation was signed in Mestia between the Nenskra Hydropower Plant Project company JSC Nenskra Hydro and Mestia City Hall. According to the document, a joint Action Plan will be presented within the next three months, which will include provisions for the implementation of small infrastructural projects in the villages of Mestia municipality – Chuberi and Nakra, as well as the development of social enterprises and cultural and educational projects.   

The Memorandum has a four-year term, and the amount of investment will be determined gradually depending on the needs of the villages Chuberi and Nakra. It is already established that in 2019, within the framework of this cooperation, JSC Nenskra Hydro will allocate 1.5 million GEL for infrastructural projects, including the rehabilitation of internal roads, kindergartens and schools.

The projects, which are to be implemented within the scope of the Memorandum, will be jointly financed by the JSC Nenskra Hydro and Mestia municipality. 

“We are glad that our cooperation with the municipality of Mestia will witness a new interesting stage. Our company, as well as the Korean water resources corporation K-water, the investor of Nenskra HPP project, attaches great importance to investments in social projects. In 2017 a special investment project was established – Community Investment Program, which includes facilitating SME development, financing vocational training, and implementing small infrastructural projects. The projects to be implemented within the scope of the Memorandum will be only a small part of the full list of programs and actions, which will take place in this direction,” stated Sunyoung Kim, CEO of JSC Nenskra Hydro.

About Nenskra HPP Project: JSC Nenskra Hydro is a project-based company established 2015 as a result of cooperation between Korea Water Resources Corporation K-water and JSC Partnership Fund. The company will construct the Nenskra Hydropower Plant in the Nenskra and Nakra river Valleys in Mestia Municipality of Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti region. The 280 MW Nenskra Hydropower Plant will generate approximately 1’200.00 GWh of electricity annually, which will be fully consumed by the Georgian market. www.nenskrahydro.ge

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