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Atshesi (Atsi) Hydroelectric Power Plant Georgia

Hydro power plant in Ajaria, Georgia. Approximate location 41.5841, 41.8903.

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Atshesi (Atsi) Hydroelectric Power Plant Georgia is a 16 MW hydro power plant in Ajaria, Georgia. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 16,018 homes (estimated). It ranks #18 of 19 Georgia power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 78.8% of Georgia's electricity; the national grid averages 146 gCO₂/kWh (79.6% low-carbon) (2025).

16MW installed capacity
16,018homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEODB0041920.

Capacity vs largest hydro plants in Georgia

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Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 41.6°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

10.3°Cannual mean temp
2,869heating degree-days (base 18°C)
66cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
922 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 1 °CJF: 2 °CFM: 5 °CMA: 10 °CAM: 13 °CMJ: 16 °CJJ: 19 °CJA: 19 °CAS: 16 °CSO: 12 °CON: 7 °CND: 3 °CD19 °C

Heating degree-days here run 17% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 59/100 — this site sits in the mid third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #15 largest hydro power plant of 16 in Georgia by capacity.

Georgia has 16 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 2,581 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates 41.5841, 41.8903 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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