Contractor bidders for Armenia-Georgia overhead power transmission line construction to be announced in February
The bidders of the international tender announced for selection of contractors for the construction of the Armenia-Georgia overhead power lines and substations in assistance of the German KfW development bank will be announced in the first quarter of February. The deadline for the bids of the construction of the high voltage substations is February 6, and for the overhead power transmission lines – February 8.
The program’s purpose is connecting the electricity-energy systems of Armenia and Georgia, with a high voltage DC converter station near the Georgian border, in Ayrum. From the Georgian side the connection will be through a 500kV overhead power transmission line from the Marneuli substation.
As result, the current electricity exchange capacity of 200MWs will be increased to 350 MW by 2019 in the first stage. Over 188 million Euros loans and grants have been involved for the first stage.
The capacity will be increased to 700MW in 2021 after completion of the second stage, and the final stage up to 1050MW – based on market and regional cooperation demands.
The construction will also boost the development of the mutually beneficial cooperation between Russia-GeorgiaArmenia-Iran in the energy sector.
