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 the town of Gardabani.
Background on Plant
In 2012 the Georgian Industrial Group (GIG) 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 was made for the construction of one thermal coal plant, in Gardabani instead of Tkibuli.[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]
In March 2017 it was reported that GIG plans for construction to begin by the fall.[5]
According to a 2016 Green Alternative and Bankwatch report, the project has not received environmental clearance, and has been opposed by locals over pollution concerns, as gas plants are already operating and planned in the town.[4]
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: Subcritical
- Projected in service: 2020
- Coal Type:
- Coal Source: Tkibuli, Georgia
- Source of financing: Dongfang Electric Corporation from Chinese banks
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 4.2 "Gardabani coal-fired thermal power plant and associated problems," Green Alternative and Bankwatch report, 2016
- ↑ "C-Power is Preparing for Construction of Thermal Power Plant," cbw.ge, Mar 22, 2017
