CONSTRUCTION OF NEW PTL TO CONNECT POWER SYSTEMS OF GEORGIA AND ARMENIA TO START IN APRIL, 2007
Yerevan, January 10. ArmInfo. Construction of a new PTL, connecting
the power systems of Georgia and Armenia, will start in April, 2007,
the deputy Energy Minister of Georgia, Archil Nikoleishvili, said,
IPN reports.
According to him, a tender will be announced within the next
fortnight for selection of a building company. It is envisaged that PTL
construction ill take about 2 years, as a result of which Georgia will
be able to receive 600 MW of electric energy from Armenia and to export
as much", Nikoleishvili said. The PTL extension in the territory of
Georgia will make up 90 km and 130 km in the territory of Armenia. The
new PTL construction project will cost $40 mln. The preliminary works
per the project are already financed to the sum of $1,57 mln.
To remind, the Energy Ministers of Armenia, Georgia and Iran had
earlier agreed in Yerevan about the construction of a new 400 kV PTL,
due to which the power systems of the three states will be able to
work in the regime of mutual overflows of electric energy. This will
allow to considerably enhance the safety and reliability of the two
countries’ power systems.