Dam Big Impact – The energy sector development in Georgia
July 23, 2009
The energy policy of the Georgian government supported by a number of IFIs, aims at utilising the hydroenergy potential in the country in order to overcome the existing energy crisis. But effectively, this policy has the potential to cause significant negative impact on the environment, to drastically change the social and demographic situation in Georgia’s mountain areas and to devastate the existing cultural heritage.
Letter to IFIs regarding Georgian hydropower plants
July 23, 2009
We have received the following responses: On July 29, 2009 from EBRD (pdf here). On August 4, 2009 from EIB (pdf here). On August 27, 2009 from World Bank (pdf here).
Risky deal, risky business: the Khudoni hydropower plant, Georgia
June 26, 2009
This report reviews documents provided by the Georgian government and the World Bank, and a number of independent research reports regarding the Georgian power sector and highlights the concerns of the local people towards the Khudoni HPP as expressed during the public hearings organized in Svaneti in summer 2008.
Letter to the World Bank regarding concerns with the public review of the environmental and social impact assessment for the Khudoni hydropower project
July 18, 2008
On July 25, 2008 the World Bank responded to our letter. Download the response as pdf here.
Khudoni environmental and social impact assessment: preliminary environmental and social screening draft final report
December 29, 2007
Review and comments by environmental and social panel of experts on the Khudoni hydropower project EIA and SEA
October 18, 2007
The Khudoni dam: a necessary solution to the Georgian energy crisis?
June 7, 2007
This report questions whether the solution for the troubled Georgian energy sector is the Khudoni Dam, a project which has already received World Bank grants for feasibility studies. The report also highlights the likely severe negative impacts of the dam construction on people in Georgia.
