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World News26.04.2024

Georgia acquires first floating solar power plant

QAZAQ GREEN. A floating 216-kW solar power plant has been put into operation in Georgia.  This is the first floating station in the country. Its cost is $177,000, Vestnik Kavkaza reports.

In the Georgian village of Lemshvenieri in the Kvemo Kartli region, the country's first solar power plant with a capacity of 216 kW was put into operation.

It will produce 300,000 kWh of energy per year and save about $32,500. As a result, the consumption of network electricity by the Agro Impex company will drop by 38%.

It is noted that the floating station will reduce annual greenhouse gas emissions by 31,200 kg of CO2 equivalent. The cost of the power station is $177,000.

 

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