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22.09.2020

Georgia’s precious Khada Valley at risk due to a new road to Russia

Scientists, civil activists and the local community unite and call on Europeans to join the petition to save the exceptional biodiversity and precious cultural heritage in Khada.
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17.09.2020

The never ending saga of the Nenskra HPP

The Nenskra HPP is one of 35 hydropower plants slated for development in Upper Svaneti, a region roughly one-and-a-half times the size of Luxembourg.
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11.09.2020

Georgia’s billion dollar dam violates international standards

Significant failures were found in the project’s compliance with the environmental and social policies of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and the European Investment Bank (EIB).
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04.12.2019

Nenskra: new players, new risks

More than a year after Salini Impregilo, a major construction company, mysteriously abandoned the Nenskra hydropower project before construction had even begun, new contractors are now said to have been hired to build Georgia’s biggest and most divisive hydropower project. According to South Korean media, Hyundai Engineering & Construction (Hyundai E&C) and Limak have won a USD 737 million tender to realize the Nenskra project.
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18.06.2019

IMPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT FOR THE NENSKRA HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT

A leaked contract between the Georgian government and the company behind the Nenskra hydropower project includes terms that indicate the project will incur massive losses for the state, according to a report broadcast on 8 June by the national television station Rustavi 2.
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08.05.2019

Five reasons why EBRD should pull out of the controversial Nenskra hydropower project

As the realisation of the project keeps dragging on, it is becoming increasingly difficult for the EBRD, and all international financial institutions involved, to justify their engagement.
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15.11.2018

Leaked World Bank report depicts Georgia’s Nenskra hydropower project as major liability

Successive international analyses have cast serious doubts over the financial viability of the planned Nenskra plant. While the Georgian government keeps the project’s contract confidential, a leaked World Bank report offers a scathing account of the fiscal implications of this hydropower development.
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31.10.2018

Controversial dam project in Georgia abandoned by constructor

Already mired by controversy, the billion dollar Nenskra hydropower plant is now facing another major hurdle as the company contracted to realize the project is now leaving it.

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