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Solar energy in Georgia is widely available,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS ON CONSTRUCTION, LICENSING AND FEASIBILITY STAGES |url=https://geenergyweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Solar.pdf |website=Energy Week Georgia}}</ref> due to high average [[insolation]]. |
Solar energy in Georgia is widely available,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020 |title=RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS ON CONSTRUCTION, LICENSING AND FEASIBILITY STAGES |url=https://geenergyweek.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/Solar.pdf |website=Energy Week Georgia}}</ref> due to high average [[insolation]]. |
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In 2021, Georgia contracted [[Abu Dhabi]]'s [[Masdar]] to develop a 100-megawatt solar power project in a move to diversify the country's [[energy mix]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bhat |first=Divsha |date=2021-12-30 |title=Abu Dhabi's Masdar to develop Georgia’s largest solar power plant |url=https://gulfbusiness.com/abu-dhabis-masdar-to-develop-georgias-largest-solar-power-plant/ |access-date=2022-04-04 |website=Gulf Business |language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Georgia had a total primary energy supply (TPES) of 4.793 Mtoe in 2016.[1] Electricity consumption was 11.5 TWh in 2016. Electricity production was 11.6 TWh, of which 81% from hydroelectricity and 19% from natural gas.[2]
Wind power
Wind power in Georgia consists of one wind farm, completed in 2013 with 20 MW of capacity. [3]
Solar power
Solar energy in Georgia is widely available,[4] due to high average insolation.
In 2021, Georgia contracted Abu Dhabi's Masdar to develop a 100-megawatt solar power project in a move to diversify the country's energy mix.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Georgia, Total Primary Energy Supply (TPES) by source". www.iea.org. International Energy Agency (IEA). Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ "Georgia, Electricity generation by fuel". www.iea.org. International Energy Agency (IEA). Retrieved 13 November 2018.
- ^ Georgian Energy and Natural Resources Minister inspects construction site of country’s first wind power plant
- ^ "RENEWABLE ENERGY PROJECTS ON CONSTRUCTION, LICENSING AND FEASIBILITY STAGES" (PDF). Energy Week Georgia. 2020.
- ^ Bhat, Divsha (2021-12-30). "Abu Dhabi's Masdar to develop Georgia's largest solar power plant". Gulf Business. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
External links
- Bjorn BRANDTZAEG: "As Georgia develops, it needs more domestically generated electricity" — Interview of Bjorn Brandtzaeg (Clean Energy Group) for Caucasian Journal
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