Lithuanian solar power plants in Georgian refugee camps and the region supplying water to residents
Lithuanian solar energy company Solet Technics is starting solar power plant installation works in Georgia. One power plant will generate electricity in war refugee camps, the other – in the Gardabani region, where the systems ensuring the supply of water to the country’s population are located. The combined capacity of the two power plants will be just over 500 kilowatts.
The projects are being funded by the Climate Change Programme, which is administered by the Environmental Projects Management Agency (EPMA). Nearly a third of the total funding for both projects – approximately EUR 174,245 – will be provided by Solet Technics (the company installing the plants) and its partners.
According to Solet Technics CEO Andrius Karazinas, the electricity generated at the Sakasheti and Skra war refugee camps will be used to meet the daily electricity needs of the refugees living there. Skra’s grid consumption is currently at 182,000 kWh per year, and Sakasheti’s is approximately 212,000 kWh per year. “The solar power plants installed on the ground are planned to produce up to 100 percent of the required amount of electricity,” says Mr Karazinas.
The solar power plant being installed in the Gardabani region is meant to eliminate the current frequent power and water supply disruptions. “There are a total of 15 water supply systems in the region, with one water pump consuming more than 5,000 kWh of electricity per month and a total grid consumption of 972,000 kWh per year in the Gardabani region,” says Mr Karazinas, adding that the newly installed solar power plant will produce about a third of the required amount of electricity.
Installation of both solar power plants is scheduled to be completed this December.
The installation of these solar power plants is not the first result of Solet Technics’s cooperation with Georgia. A total of eight projects have already been implemented in this country involving the installation of solar power plants for different communities. At the same time, these projects are aimed at developing bilateral cooperation.
