Another interesting article5 Apr 2024 17:06
“First Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Levan Davitashvili held a meeting with the private energy sector. Representatives of public agencies and private businesses working in the energy sector, profiled non-governmental organizations and the banking sector participated in the event organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development and the Business Association.
In his speech, Levan Davitashvili emphasized the vision and policy of the development of the energy sector in Georgia and the importance of cooperation with the private sector in this process. He informed the present public about the current picture in the sector, the dynamics of development, the ongoing process of reforms and important projects, and also talked about the mechanisms supporting the development of the sector.
"Dialogue with the private sector is very important for us. It is important that we constantly hear from you those opinions that may be relevant in terms of the development of the energy sector. In recent years, the priority of energy in the country has increased and we can see that already last year and this year more than one hundred megawatts of new installed capacity is added to our energy system. In order to ensure rapid economic growth, we need even more local generation, so we need to encourage the energy sector even more," said the First Vice Prime Minister.
According to the assessment of the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development, the energy sector, more local generation plays a critically important role in the process of high economic growth in Georgia in recent years. Levan Davitashvili emphasizes that energy consumption in the country increases in proportion to economic growth, and this should be followed by the addition of generation facilities and the general increase in generation in the country.
"So our projections are that we're going to need up to 20 billion kilowatt-hours of energy by about 2030, which means we're going to have to add significant capacity in terms of generation." Considering its own resources, Georgia has resources in the energy direction from renewable sources. I think that it is adequate to the world trends - to get energy resources from green renewable sources. This is also very important in the process of our European integration," said the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development.
In addition, according to the First Vice Prime Minister, parallel to the generation development, the network should be strengthened, which means not only the strengthening of the internal transmission infrastructure of the country, but also the development of the cross-border transmission infrastructure. According to him, direct connectivity with Europe is also an important priority. In this regard, the minister focused on the Black Sea submarine cable project.
"The Black Sea High Power Cable Project is a reality, a plan that we are steadily foll