Natia Turnava: “Enguri HPP is in service and supplies electricity to the whole of Georgia!”
Enguri HPP is connected to the common power grid of Georgia. According to the Ministry of Economy, following the successful completion of the large-scale rehabilitation works on the diversion tunnel, the hydro units of the country’s largest hydropower plant have already started up.
Enguri HPP is connected to the common power grid of Georgia. According to the Ministry of Economy, following the successful completion of the large-scale rehabilitation works on the diversion tunnel, the hydro units of the country’s largest hydropower plant have already started up.
According to Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development Natia Turnava, rehabilitation works on this scale have not been carried out for the past 15 years. As a result of the rehabilitation of the plant’s diversion tunnel, water losses will fall by 20–30%, which means generating roughly 90 million kWh of additional electricity a year.
“Enguri HPP is a very great wealth of ours, which unites Georgians and our Abkhaz sisters and brothers. As of today Enguri HPP is in service and supplies electricity to the whole of Georgia,” said Natia Turnava.
Enguri HPP was shut down on 20 January 2021 for the rehabilitation of the diversion tunnel. As a result of the rehabilitation carried out in the diversion tunnel, the volume of water leaking from the tunnel has fallen significantly, which will be reflected in future in the electricity generated by the Enguri hydropower plant.
The repair works in the plant’s diversion tunnel ran around the clock. The rehabilitated section of the tunnel was inspected jointly by Georgian and foreign specialists. In their assessment, the repair works carried out fully meet the established standards.
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