---
title: "Solar Project Development"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/environmental-and-energy-law-en/solar-project-development-en"
field: "Environmental & Energy Law"
description: "Solar project development in Georgia: generation conditions, producer rights, 90-day acceptance testing and support mechanisms. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-02-13"
updated: "2026-10-14"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Solar Project Development

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/environmental-and-energy-law-en/solar-project-development-en

## Conditions of Electricity Generation

A solar project begins with Article 32 of the Georgian Law on Energy and Water Supply: the construction, maintenance, operation of electricity generation objects and associated devices, and their connection to the transmission and/or distribution network, must comply with the technical standards, norms and other mandatory conditions established by Georgian legislation, including the rules of the transmission and distribution networks, together with requirements related to the environment, public safety and the protection of property. Electricity generation, save for the exceptions envisaged by the law, is subject to mandatory licensing under the Law on Licenses and Permits, this law and the licensing rules approved by the Commission. This means that a large array of solar panels working for sale to the network must first satisfy technical compliance and then pass through the licensing regime. Environmental, public safety and property protection requirements are separately emphasized in this list, because a solar project occupies a large territory and its siting also affects the rights of neighbors.

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### Does a solar project need a license?

Generation, apart from the exceptions envisaged by law, is subject to mandatory licensing; during the trial run and complex testing no license is required.

### What rights does a solar energy producer have?

Generation with the source indicated in the license conditions, contracts for purchase-sale and balancing and ancillary services, and access to the transmission or distribution system.

### Within how many days is consent declared?

Within no more than 90 calendar days from the trial run, unless the network rules establish otherwise.

### How is renewable generation supported?

Transparently and non-discriminatorily, to reach the level established for Georgia by Energy Community legislation, in compliance with competition and state aid rules.