Iran, Armenia to establish two power stations on Aras river

IRNA web site
14 May 05

Tehran, 14 May: Iran and Armenia here Saturday [14 May] reached
agreement on building two power stations at the common frontier of the
two countries.

The decision was taken at the seventh meeting of the joint technical
commission which was attended by deputy head of Iran’s Water and
Energy Resources Company for development projects Naser Ne’mati and
Armenian deputy minister of energy, Karen Sarkisian.

At the meeting, Ne’mati said, “Given the 40-km Iran-Armenia common
border across the Aras river, the two sides decided to use the
relevant hydroelectric potential.”

A report released by the Public Relations Department of Iran’s Water
and Energy Resources Company quoted Ne’mati as saying that based on
the agreement, the first power station with a production capacity of
130 MWs will be established in Armenia by building an 18.3-km tunnel.

“The second one with a capacity of 140 MWs will be constructed in
Iran. A 17.5-km tunnel is required to be set up for the second power
station,” added the report.

It added that the preliminary studies on the first phase of the second
project is currently underway.

“Five documents have already been mutually signed and necessary talks
on expediting the settlement of the current problems have been held,”
concluded the report.