In July 2021, Georgian power plants generated 1240 mln. kWh of electricity. This represents a 23% increase in total generation, compared to the previous year (in July 2020, the total generation was 1010 mln. kWh). The increase in generation on a yearly basis comes from the increase of 29% in hydropower generation, while there was a decrease of 91% and 11% in thermal power and wind power generation, respectively.

In June 2021, Georgian power plants generated 1323 mln. kWh of electricity. This represents a 32% increase in total generation, compared to the previous year (in June 2020, the total generation was 999 mln. kWh). The increase in generation on a yearly basis comes from the increase of 32% in hydropower generation, as well as, from an increase in the generation of wind power by 15%.

ISET’s director recently participated in the EU Stronger Together Conference, centered on the EaP Neighbourhood: Promoting the Clean Energy Transition in Eastern Partnership Countries. The conference, highlighting the key achievements and goals under clean energy initiatives, was hosted by the European Commission, the EU Delegation to Eastern Partnership Countries, Council of European Energy Regulators (CEER), Energy Community Secretariat (EnC), and International Energy Agency (IEA).

In May 2021, Georgian power plants generated 1221 mln. kWh of electricity. This represents a 24% increase in total generation, compared to the previous year (in May 2020, the total generation was 986 mln. kWh). The increase in generation on a yearly basis comes from the increase of 26% in hydropower generation, as well as, from increase in the generation of wind power by 10%.

In the third and the fourth quarters of 2020, Georgian power plants generated 2,958 mln. and 2,594 mln. kWh of electricity, respectively. This represents a 9.6% decrease and 2.4% increase in total generation compared to the corresponding periods of the previous year.