Khudoni Hydro Power Plant
42.95472222222242.193888888889Koordinaten: 42 ° 57 ' 17 "N, 42 ° 11' 38" E
The Khudoni Dam ( Georgian ხუდონის ჰიდროელექტროსადგური [ ხუდონჰესი ], khudonis hidroelektrosadguri khudonhesi ) is a planned, previously exported hydroelectric project on Enguri in Upper Svaneti, Georgia. The site is located 32 km above the existing Enguri dam.
When Khudoni hydropower plant 10 turbines were originally provided with a nominal capacity of 74 MW, resulting in a total output of 740 MW. When building a dam 200 m high concrete arch-gravity dam was first planned, and recently 170 m. The reduction of the project also requires the reduction to 638-650 MW power plant capacity. The reservoir will have a volume of 230 million cubic meters and an area of 4 km ² (instead of 5.2 km ²).
The plans for the construction of the dam began in 1979, first construction work in 1986, but were terminated in June 1989 after protests from environmental reasons and because of earthquake risk. In the years 2005/2006, the Georgian government began to seek investors to continue the project. According to a study by the Government and the World Bank, the construction of hydroelectric power plants Namachwani, Paravani and Khudoni are the most attractive projects in Georgia's development in the energy sector. Had the entire Enguri expanded with hydroelectric power plants, more than the whole of Georgia could be supplied with electricity. The World Bank considers the impact of the dam on the microclimate as "very local".
The reservoir would flood the place Khaishi and make a resettlement of the residents required