ARMENIAN PRESIDENT: SMALL ENERGY IS GATHERING MOMENTUM IN ARMENIA

Noyan Tapan
Aug 14 2006

VANADZOR, AUGUST 14, NOYAN TAPAN. The small energy sector is gathering
momentum in Armenia: 40 newly built small hydropower plants are
operating in the country, the construction of more than 50 ones is
underway, and the registration of documents for construction of another
30 hydropower plants is in process. The Armenian President Robert
Kocharian stated this at a press conference to summarize his working
visit to Lori marz. on August 11. In his words, these developments in
small energy are "a serious response to the policy that the government
has adopted to promote this sector." During his visit to Lori marz,
the President familiarized himself with the work of Kurtan small
hydropower plant (with the basic capacity of 5.7 megawatts) and the
wind power station of Pushkin mountain pass (the total capacity of
4 plants makes 2.5 megawatts). In R. Kocharian’s opinion, Lori marz
has a considerable potential for development of small energy. It is
envisaged to build 235 small hydropower plants in the region, with
feasibility studies already being carried out for 95 such plants.