Table of Contents

1.       Company “SOCAR GEORGIA GAS” Opened its Regional Office in Khakheti Region

2.       USA Ambassador and Energy Minister will Visit Poti-Senaki Gas Pipeline Construction on November 17

3.       Energy Minister and USA Ambassador to Georgia Visited Poti-Senaki Main Gas Pipeline Construction on November 17

4.       Energo-Pro Georgia to Invest 480 thousand GEL in Installing 1600 New Electricity Meters

5.       Russia enters the wind market, looks for foreign partners

6.       Solar, advanced biofuels gain competitiveness fast

7.       Special Edition China 

8.       Preventing losses caused by natural hazards

9.       Publications

10.   Events

Oil & Gas

Company “SOCAR GEORGIA GAS” Opened its Regional Office in Khakheti Region

The Minister of Energy of Georgia Mr. Aleksander Khetaguri, Governor of Khaketi Region Mr. George Gviniashvili and Mr. Mair Mamedov General Director of LTD “SOCAR Georgia Gas” in Kvareli were attended  the opening ceremony of office and service center of regional company SOCAR Georgia Gas - Khakheti”.

Above mentioned office was opened in order to increase company activity efficiency and to improve management system. The “SOCAR Georgia Gas” is operating on Georgia’s inner market and natural gas supply is its main activity. Company is importing gas in the country and serves social and commercial customers.

In the frames of the agreement signed between Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia and LTD “SOCAR Georgia Gas”, company has developed a three-year investment program. According to this program company is conducting construction of new gas pipeline and rehabilitation of existing gas lines in different regions of Georgia. Currently the 600 km gas pipeline has been constructed and exploited; also the 40 km gas line was rehabilitated.

According to the 2009-2010 plant 11000 potential householders will be gasified after the construction works conducted by the LTD “SOCAR Georgia Gas” in different regions of Georgia.

http://minenergy.gov.ge/index.php?m=262&newsid=440

USA Ambassador and Energy Minister will Visit Poti-Senaki Gas Pipeline Construction on November 17

On November 17 the USA Ambassador to Georgia John Bass and Georgian Energy Minister Aleksandre Khetaguri will visit the Poti-Senaki gas pipeline construction works, which is being carried out as part of a 115 million USD grant of the US Agency for International Development (USAID). The gas pipeline is to ensure gas supply to the Poti Free Industrial Zone (FIZ).

John Bass and Aleksandre Khetaguri will also meet with the energy sector staff jointly with the Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti Governor ZaZa Gorozia, as well as with representatives of Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation (GOGC) and government officials.

http://gbc.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=28539

Energy Minister and USA Ambassador to Georgia Visited Poti-Senaki Main Gas Pipeline Construction on November 17

On November 17 Georgian Energy Minister Aleksandre KHEtaguri, the USA ambassadot to Georgia John Bass, Georgian Oil and Gas Corporation diretor general Zurab Janjghava visited the POti-Senaki main gas pieline construction works

http://gbc.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=28582

Electrical Power

Energo-Pro Georgia to Invest 480 thousand GEL in Installing 1600 New Electricity Meters

Energo-Pro Georgia plans to invest 480 thousand GEL in installing electricity meters in the village of Natanebi, the Guria Region.

Energo-Pro Georgia plans to install 1 600 meters starting November 15. At this stage, the company is rehabilitating the village energy infrastructure. The Guria Region governor Valeri Chitaisvhili visited the rehabilitation site on November 11.

Energo-Pro Georgia has installed over 120 thousand new electricity meters in 2010. The company plans to complete the project implementation in 2013.

http://gbc.ge/index.php?m=home&newsid=28450

Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency

Russia enters the wind market, looks for foreign partners

Russia's state nuclear unit Rosatom is planning to expand into wind power and will look for foreign technology partners to help build farms in the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Ukraine, its equipment head told Reuters on Friday. The strategic goal is to become by 2020 a global player in wind power market with significant positions in Russia and abroad.

http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=3&NODE_ID=5&LANG=1&ID=3378

Solar, advanced biofuels gain competitiveness fast

Advanced biofuels, concentrated solar and solar photovoltaic will see accelerating adoption and growth and are on track to change the global energy mix far earlier than is often assumed. Their costs are falling rapidly, and they are on the path to becoming cost competitive within the next five to ten years, if not sooner, says a new report from The Boston Consulting Group (BCG). Onshore wind power will see steady adoption and continued growth.

http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=3&NODE_ID=5&LANG=1&ID=3376

Special Edition China

The Asian renewable energy market offers a great potential! Did you know that the Chinese government plans to draw 15 % of its energy from renewable sources within four years? By 2020 experts anticipate the installation of 50 GW of PV and 300 GW of wind capacity.

www.sonnewindwaerme.de

Climate Change

Preventing losses caused by natural hazards

Losses caused by natural disasters across the world could triple to USD185 billion annually by the end of this century, even without taking into account the impact of climate change, according to the findings of a joint study by the United Nations and the World Bank unveiled this week. The consequences of climate change could lead to more losses, says the report that outlines a number of simple measures to prevent death and destruction.

http://www.energy-enviro.fi/index.php?PAGE=3&NODE_ID=5&LANG=1&ID=3380

Publications

Renewable Energy and the Public

'Public acceptance is key to the development of the renewable energy we need to meet our climate goals. Simple stereotypes of NIMBY opposition may work in newspaper headlines, but developers and policymakers need a more sophisticated understanding of what makes people tick and how best to engage. This new volume meets a pressing need - both academics and practitioners will gain from it.'

Prof Jim Skea, Research Director, UK Energy Research Centre

Edited By Patrick Devine-Wright

http://www.earthscan.co.uk/?TabId=102350&v=512279

Events

The Congress «Integration and Sustainable Development in the Black Sea Region»

The Congress «Integration and Sustainable Development in the Black Sea Region»  will be the international platform for dialogue, debates, develop solutions in various aspects of international cooperation in the Black Sea region in the name of economic development, social stability and growth, and sustainable development.

Burgas, Bulgaria

December 4-6, 2010

www.Congress.BlackSea-online.org

THE ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM FOR GEORGIAN COMMUNITIES - ENERGY BUS PROJECT - PHASE II

Georgia, Kakheti, Lagodekhi district

24 – 27 November 2010

http://www.eecgeo.org/en/project_energy_bus.htm