Minister of Economy Attends New Hydro Power Plant Construction Launch

The Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, First Vice Premier Dimitry Kumshishvili, attended the launch of construction of a new hydro power plant on December 15, placing a symbolic capsule near the site of the future Bodorna Hydro Power Plant which is to be built in Dusheti, Samtskhe-Javakheti.

The Bodorna HPP is to be constructed through a GEL 10 mln investment from Georgian Water and Power Company (GWP).

The HPP is expected to have 2.5 Megawatt strength, and is to produce on average 15 mln Kilowatt/hour annually.

The electro-mechanic turbines and generators of the HPP will be made by the Austrian company Gugler, and construction is to be carried out by Georgian companies under the supervision of the Swiss independent design and engineering company, Stucky SA.

Bodorna HPP is financed through a long-term loan from the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) and the German DEG.

While attending the Bodorna HPP construction launch ceremony, Kumsishvili noted that the new HPP will be an ecologically clean, “green” hydro power plant that will minimally affect the environment.

“The construction of Bodorna hydro power plant is important in numerous directions; for the new investment possibilities and new employment it will provide both during the constuction process and after completion.”

Bodorna HPP, the construction of which is planned to end in September 2018, is expected to provide electricity to the buildings supplying Tbilisi with drinking water.

Nino Gugunishvil