First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Levan Davitashvili, together with Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Kobakhidze, took part in the completion of the construction of the “Georgian State Electricity System.”
“Georgian State Electricity System” has completed the construction of the substation “Water Tube 500”. The completion of this construction process of this important facility for the development of the country’s electricity transmission network.
“When we say that we are building an independent, dignified, European state, which should have its place in the international community, together with many priorities we also mean maximizing its energy potential, because Georgia has the resources to not only build the country for internal use, with the right policies and the support of our society” Necessary energy powers instead of becoming other countries, them Between, he is a reliable partner of European countries in terms of energy cooperation,” – said Levan Davitashvili during his speech at the event.
In addition, as the first Deputy Prime Minister noted, the Georgian government has an ambitious plan—by 2030, not only to double but also to increase the country’s generated power to 10,000 MGW, which will fully ensure the high pace of economic growth and develop new energy plants.
The “Tskaltubo 500” project was implemented with the financial support of the World Bank, within the framework of the “Energy Reliability and Financial Health Project“.
The project was supervised by a joint enterprise of foreign companies Decon International GmbH, and project and construction works were carried out by Turkish company BEST.
About 350 people were employed during the construction of the substation. Construction work started in 2022 and finished in 2024 with the cost of the project 19.8 million. The U.S. dollar has become the same.
According to Levan Davitashvili, “Georgian State Electricity System” is already implementing a project, which means building a 500 sq.m. electricity transmission line up to 80 km long – it will connect a water pipeline and 500 sq.m of cross substations.
According to the First Deputy Prime Minister, these will be critical loops of transmission infrastructure, which will enable the use of energy resources available in Western Georgia for both domestic energy and its export, including to the Republic of Turkey.
