Prospects of a settlement in southern georgia based on green energy

Abstract

Georgia is an ideal country for the project of a settlement entirely based on renewable energy: its renewable energy resources are huge, diversified, and entirely meeting the demands of the project. As a result of a thorough investigation, the Zveli Site in Southern Georgia was identified. The site represents a land plot of about 25 km2 situated on the second plane above the flood of the Mtkvari (Kura) River. Hydropower resources of the Mtkvari River and its inflows near the Zveli Site are about 400 MW, 40 times exceeding the preliminary assessed needs of the site. Geothermal resources of Samtskhe-Javakheti are assessed to be 13.87 MW including 2.16 MW in the Aspindza deposit situated in 5 km from the site. Photovoltaic and wind resources are also huge. The settlement will consist of residential + administrative and industrial zones. The settlement and its industries are suggested to use energy-saving technologies. Wind, photovoltaic, biomass, hydropower, and geothermal sources of energy will be used. The main fields of business activities would be agriculture and food product processing and marketing at the background of 100 % employment. The settlement will have a kindergarten, a school, a police post, a fire station, municipality services, supermarkets, and cafe�s, as well as a park zone.