Georgia launches Its largest wind power plant

A 206 MW wind power plant, the largest of its kind in Georgia, has been launched in the village of Ruisi in Georgia’s Kareli municipality.

The plant was built by Wind Power, a company owned by the Ferri Group.  

The facility consists of 33 wind turbines manufactured by China’s Goldwind. It is currently operating in test mode, but full-scale operations are expected to begin earlier than the scheduled three-month testing period, Ferri Executive Director Lasha Iordanishvili told BMG.  

The project cost more than $240 million, of which $119 million was financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). Before the new plant came online, Georgia’s power system had two wind farms with a combined capacity of up to 40 MW.

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