Gardabani power station
{{#badges:CoalSwarm}}Gardabani power station is a proposed 300-megawatt (MW) proposed coal-fired power plant in Kvemo Kartli, Georgia.
There is also a gas plant at Gardabani, and new gas and hydro projects planned there.[1]
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Location
The map below shows the approximate location of the project, in Gardabani.
Background on Plant
In 2012 the Georgian Industrial Group said it had signed a contract with the Turkish company Mimsam to construct a 160 MW coal power station in Gardabani, near the border to Azerbaijan. The power station will be fed with domestically produced coal from a mine in Tkibuli in the west of the country.[2]
In September 2015, Chinese state-owned Dongfang Electric Corporation pledged $180-$200 million for construction of a 150 MW coal plant in Tkibuli, in Georgia’s western Imreti region. The offer was made at a meeting between Georgia’s Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Dongfang representatives, shortly prior to the World Economic Forum in China.[3]
On October 16, 2015, an agreement was signed between the Georgian Government and Tkibuli-150 for the construction of a 150-300 MW coal-fired power plant in Tkibuli municipality. Under the agreement, construction should start no later than 30 September 2016 and be finished before 1 January 2020.[4]
On 30 June 2016 an amendment providing for the construction of thermal power plant in Gardabani instead of Tkibuli, was introduced to the agreement.[4] GIG said the "alternative location was decided after the company considered the findings of geological and environmental studies." The coal plant is planned to be 300 MW.[1]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Georgian International Electric Corporation
- Parent company:
- Location: Gardabani, Kvemo Kartli, Georgia
- Coordinates: 41.45, 45.1 (approximate)
- Status: Announced
- Gross Capacity: 300 MW
- Type:
- Projected in service:
- Coal Type:
- Coal Source: Tkibuli, Georgia
- Source of financing: Dongfang Electric Corporation
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 "Projects in Pipeline," GIG, accessed May 2017
- ↑ "Georgia to build new coal power station," DF Watch, Feb 17, 2012
- ↑ "Dongfang Electric Invests $200m in Georgia’s Tkibuli Thermal Power Plant," Caucasus Business Week, September 10, 2015
- ↑ Jump up to: 4.0 4.1 "Gardabani coal-fired thermal power plant and associated problems," Green Alternative and Bankwatch report, 2016
