Kheledula HPP project
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.
Price tag of Georgia’s Nenskra dam goes through the roof
New information reveals the disproportionate price that Georgia’s government guarantees to pay for electricity from the Nenskra dam. The increasingly unfavourable economics strengthen calls to finally make the project’s contract publicly available.
Price tag of Georgia’s Nenskra dam goes through the roof
New information reveals the disproportionate price that Georgia’s government guarantees to pay for electricity from the Nenskra dam. The increasingly unfavourable economics strengthen calls to finally make the project’s contract publicly available
Powerline to nowhere: Georgian villages take stand against badly routed transmission lines
Mountain villages in the country’s northeast protest for changes to the routing of high voltage lines in a series of local protests. Construction on a powerline in Georgia was put on hold one month ago after villagers blocked excavation machinery in the village of Pasanauri. About 150 residents contested the routing, claiming that the project threatens people’s health and safety.
Comments from Green Alternative to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) on the draft Strategy for Georgia
The following are comments from the Green Alternative to the EBRD draft country strategy for Georgia released on August 3, 2016. We hope that our comments will be taken into account and the final strategy will address properly existing challenges
Updated briefing paper on Nenskra Hydropower Plant project
Updated briefing paper on Nenskra Hydropower Plant project
The Asian Develoment Bank (ADB) together with the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is in the process of assessing a loan for the 280 megawatt Nenskra hydropower plant (HPP) in the Svaneti region of Georgia.
New mudflow hits Georgian village as rainy season reveals poor assessment of hydropower plans
As rains cause mudflows in Georgia's mountains, locals from different regions unite to protest hydropower developments in geologically unstable areas. In the night of June 30, strong mudflow hit the village of Nakra in Upper Svaneti, in Georgia’s Caucasus mountains, damaging several properties and destroying two bridges.
Eight arrested in protest against Georgian dam
Protests against large dams in Georgia’s Svaneti mountains have led to confrontations with police. Locals are losing patience over the protracted consultation process on the project. Police special forces were deployed last Friday, 20 May to clear a blockade of an access road leading to the planned Nenskra dam site in Georgia’s northwest.
Georgia swept by protests against EBRD-backed hydropower
Protests have in recent weeks broken out across rural Georgia after construction resumed on several large hydropower projects financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)