GEORGIA: Georgia's Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS) (Draft)

Meta Data
Draft: 
Yes
Revision of previous policy?: 
No
Effective Start Year: 
2017
Scope: 
National
Document Type: 
Plan/Strategy, Government Report
Economic Sector: 
Energy, Power, Industry, Transport, Building, Multi-Sector, Other
Energy Types: 
All, Power, Gas, Renewable, Bioenergy, Geothermal, Solar, Wind, Other
Issued by: 
USAID (for the Government of Georgia)
Notes: 
Unofficial source
Source: 
DecisionWare Group LLC (DWG)
File: 
Draft Georgia's Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS)
Overall Summary: 
Georgia's Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS), which was accepted by the Government of Georgia’s inter-ministerial LEDS committee, covers emissions from energy; transport; industry; buildings; waste; land use, land-use change, and forestry; and agriculture. The final LEDS will serve as the main tool for the Government in developing and finalizing its action plan to implement its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC).
Efficiency
EE industry standards: 
[...] the following LEDS vision for 2030 can be articulated (Figure 11). Industry:  Several energy efficiency measures implemented in Rustavi Azoti plant (savings of up to 434TJ of natural gas and 612TJ of electricity)  30% utilization of advanced process heat technologies in food industry  Coke intensity improved by 20% and electricity intensity by 5% in ferroalloy production  15% reduction in gas consumption in iron and steel industry (Rustavi Steel)  Natural gas savings of 5.1 TJ annually at Heidelberg Cement Georgia  Dry processing introduced in the cement industry (two plants of Heidelberg Cement Georgia)  50% utilization of advanced and variable speed motors in all industrial plants  5% increase of limestone share in clinker in all cement plants  Replacement of 50% of clicker by fly ash in all cement plants  CO2 solvent scrubbing introduced in ammonia production (Rustavi Azoti)  Oxidation step optimized in nitric acid production (Rustavi Azoti).
EE building standards: 
[...] the following LEDS vision for 2030 can be articulated (Figure 11). Buildings:  50% of new purchases of electric appliances are based on advanced technologies  50% of the existing public buildings completely are renovated  50% of private commercial buildings are retrofitted  At least 20% higher energy efficiency of all newly constructed residential and commercial buildings  40% of the existing residential buildings are completely renovated  80% of new biomass heating stoves in rural households are efficient biomass stoves  30% of all new water heaters in households are solar water heaters  50% of all commercial water heaters are solar water heaters  90% of all public lighting fixtures are replaced with LED bulbs.
EE transport standards : 
[...] the following LEDS vision for 2030 can be articulated (Figure 11). Transport:  15% improvement of average vehicle efficiency  5% market share for hybrids and 1% market share for electric vehicles  A shift of 3.8% of total passenger transport demand to bus and away from LDV and minibus  60% of total bus fleet used for passenger transportation run on clean energy  3% decrease in LDV transport demand  At least 9% railway’s share in total passenger transport  At least 50% railway’s share in total freight transport.
Energy Supply and Infrastructure
Energy supply priorities: 
[...] the following LEDS vision for 2030 can be articulated (Figure 11). Energy Supply:  A maximum of 2% losses from the gas distribution system  Hydropower generating 85% of electricity  150 MW of wind power plants in place  Modern, efficient combined cycle power plants replacing the two existing inefficient gas-fired power plants.