Enguri HPP is shutting down temporarily — who will buy electricity for Abkhazia

From February to May 2021, repair works will be carried out in the 15.5-kilometre diversion tunnel of Enguri HPP, through which water is delivered from the reservoir to the units. Accordingly, the tunnel will have to be drained and all five units that generate electricity will have to be stopped.

From February to May 2021, repair works will be carried out in the 15.5-kilometre diversion tunnel of Enguri HPP, through which water is delivered from the reservoir to the units. Accordingly, the tunnel will have to be drained and all five units that generate electricity will have to be stopped.

“Every expert involved in the matter and every one of our specialists who have worked at the plant for years say that the repairs can no longer be postponed. Otherwise, in the event of a failure the plant would be out of service for more than four months,” Mebonia says.

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