Zurab Lomsadze

The causes of environmental damage caused by the burning of organic fuels in the world are analyzed. It has been shown that one of the promising directions for reducing the environmental damage caused by the burning of organic fuels is the widespread use of non-traditional, renewable energy sources for thermal and electrical energy. The scientific-research works carried out by international and local organizations in the country were analyzed, which shows that Georgia has a large supply of renewable, non-traditional energy resources: be it 43 hydro, solar, wind, geothermal water or biogas alternative resources. However, the laws supporting their development have not been adopted so far, so the level of use of these resources is currently very low, and this happens when our country buys 300 million GEL of natural gas abroad annually. 50% of natural gas consumed in Georgia is used to obtain low-potential thermal energy (40-150 ° C) to provide heating and hot water. The report focuses on ways to solve these problems.

From the research presented in the report, it is clear that there are significant losses of thermal energy in beer production, the reduction of which will be effective by using energy-saving heat pump installations. In the production of beer, as a result of the use of heat pump equipment, in case of maximum utilization of secondary energy resources, it is possible to reduce costs by about 25-30%. As a result, the cost of manufactured products will be significantly reduced.

The article provides laboratory data, based on which it is concluded that the so-called “waste rocks” in Tkibuli-Shaori coal deposit – using argillites, clays, enrichment plant “tails”, sludge and ash, can produce a number of necessary constuction and “reftactory” bricks, Types of tiles, cement, clay-soil, aluminum and its alloys – ferrosilicoaluminum, silumin, sialon, and the most important fertilizer for agriculture from coal sludge “humates”. All this will contribute to the development of the economy and the creation of hundreds of jobs.

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The modern stage of society and economic development is characterized by a growing trend of water demand, which is becoming increasingly difficult to meet with available resources. Providing the population with clean, quality water resources and the acute shortage of fresh water already identified in the world is one of the global problems. Water resource is one of the main national treasures among the diverse natural resources of Georgia. With an average annual freshwater layer (810 mm) formed on the ground, Georgia ranks one of the first countries among the former Soviet republics, and in terms of renewable water resources, it ranks 87th among countries in the world. Georgia's water resources (Eastern Georgia's water supply is 10 billion m3, in western Georgia - 50 billion m3) are widely used in all sectors of the country's economy. Water consumption is especially important for the needs of the population for drinking and irrigation of lands. The index of water resources utilization and exploitation (total annual water consumption (in percentage) of renewable fresh water compared to long-term average annual volumes) is low in the country and is only 4%, although the total annual average rate of fresh water use is increasing every year.

The concept for an electronic information platform of natural resources of Georgia has been developed at the I.Zhordania Center Studying Productive Forces and Natural Resources of Georgia of the GTU. The platform will reflect the complete data available to us for today about the natural resources of any region of Georgia, such as: minerals, construction raw materials, fuel-energy, renewable and non-traditional energy resources, geothermal and mineral waters, land, water and forest resources, recreational and tourist resources, their location, stocks, field of application, efficiency and possible scale, economic characteristics of the region, etc.

The platform will enable us to provide complete information about the resource potential of the region to the stakeholders in a visual accessible form that will help to develop a state policy for their active involvement in economic turnover and attract local and foreign investment. 

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Master Theses Supervisor

Doctoral Thesis Supervisor/Co-supervisor

Scientific editor of monographs in foreign languages

Scientific editor of a monograph in Georgian

Editor-in-Chief of a peer-reviewed or professional journal / proceedings

Review of a scientific professional journal / proceedings

Member of the editorial board of a peer-reviewed scientific or professional journal / proceedings

Participation in a project / grant funded by an international organization

Participation in a project / grant funded from the state budget

Patent authorship

Membership of the Georgian National Academy of Science or Georgian Academy of Agricultural Sciences

Membership of an international professional organization

Membership of the Conference Organizing / Program Committee

National Award / Sectoral Award, Order, Medal, etc.

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Monograph

Handbook

Research articles in high impact factor and local Scientific Journals

Publication in Scientific Conference Proceedings Indexed in Web of Science and Scopus