97 SMALL ELECTRIC POWER STATIONS TO FUNCTION IN 2010

Panorama.am
12:56 02/11/06

By 2010 the number of small hydroelectric power stations will reach 97
with total capacity of 175.5 Mvatt, Abgar Budagyan, head of investment
department of the commission on regulating public services, told a
seminar today.

In his words, 47.4 billion drams will be needed for the construction
of the power stations. From 1997 to 2004 18 small hydroelectric power
stations were built and from 2004 to 2006 another 17 were built in
Armenia. Budagyan said the hydroelectric power stations produce 2%
of the total energy output, which is planned to grow up to 10% in
2010.