ARMENPRESS

ARMENIA TO HAVE TWO MORE WIND POWER PLANTS

YEREVAN, OCTOBER 19, ARMENPRESS: An Italian and an
US-based companies are set to launch construction of
two wind power plants in Armenia in 2008, deputy
energy minister Areg Galstian said yesterday.
The deputy minister was speaking at an
international conference in Yerevan on geo-thermal
power potential of Armenia.
He said one of the plants with a capacity of 90
megawatt will be constructed in Karakhach and the
second with a capacity of 25 megawatt in Sotk.
Armenia has one wind power plant built by the
Iranian Sanir company. It comprises 4 units each
offering 660 kW of electricity. The plant is located
in north eastern Armenia. The government of Iran
donated $3.5 million to build it.
Galstian also said the nuclear power plant in
Metzamor will be shut down in 2016, but he added that
the government plans to build a modern nuclear power
plant instead with a capacity of 1,000 megawatt.