Russia to export electricity to Turkey via Georgia
Dec 29, 2008 - BBC Monitoring - Moscow
Russian electricity will be exported to Turkey through
Georgian territory.
A subsidiary of Inter RAO YeES [Russian electricity
exporter], TGR Energy, founded in Turkey, has received
permission to import electricity from Russia through
Georgian territory.
The amount of electricity to be imported will be
determined in separate agreements.
TGR Energy became part of Inter RAO YeES group in
2005. Shortly afterwards, the company obtained a licence
for wholesale electricity sales in Turkey. The company
staff are now working on the implementation of projects
to develop Inter RAO YeES business in the Black Sea
basin region.
Source: ITAR-TASS news agency, Moscow, in Russian
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