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Tuesday, 23.04.2024, 19:23
Skinest Group invested in Georgia nearly 60 mln euros
According to Juliana
Polyanskaja, member of the board of Skinest
Group, the next energy project in Georgia is the construction of a cascade
of Lakhami hydroelectric power plant with a capacity of 16 MW.
"Hydroelectric projects with a total capacity of about 50 MW are also in
various development phases," Polyanskaya said.
Skinest Group assesses
investments in the development of renewable energy projects in Georgia as a
contribution to the sustainable development of the world and the resolution of
climate problems. From the point of view of the company, investments in the
renewable energy sector will help reduce the greenhouse effect and slow down
global warming.
According to Polyanskaya, the company also has large
investments in the Georgian real estate market. "By the end of 2017, a new
18-track world-class golf course will be built on 331 hectares, after which a
new green residential area overlooking the city of Tbilisi will be built. This
is a very big project, which has plans for more than 1400 residential
buildings, schools, kindergartens and sports facilities. The golf course at
this level adds Georgia to the world map of golf and is the basis for the
development of a new sport in the country. The Georgian government supports
this large-scale infrastructure project in every way, as the considerable
long-term positive economic impact of such a project on the entire economy of
the region is quite obvious: the growth of construction activity, the emergence
of new services, the attraction of a new class of tourists," said
Polyanskaya.
According to her, Skinest
Group is developing projects with various partners. "In the case of
real estate, the Kaamos Group team is
an important partner," Polyanskaya said.
Skinest is a holding
company which was founded in 2005 by the parent company Skinest Group. The Group's companies operate in Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania, Finland, Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Croatia and Georgia. The major
shareholder of the Group is Oleg Ossinovsky. Through its various subsidiaries,
the Group has around twenty co-investors. The Group, including its affiliates,
employs over 900 people.