Armenian President visits Yerevan TPP

Armenian President visits Yerevan TPP

2009-09-26 13:04:00

ArmInfo. President of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan visited Yerevan Thermal
Power Plant today.

The President inspected the construction of the plant’s new unit and
met with Director of Yerevan TPP CJSC Hovhakim Hovhannissyan and
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of Armenia Armen Movsissyan.

Presently, Yerevan TPP is undergoing modernization.

This project is financed by JBIC, which has lent 26.4bln yen
($240mln-250mln) for this purpose. The plant is to be restarted in Apr
2010.

The electric capacity of the new unit will total 242MW. When restarted
the plant is supposed to generate 15% of total energy in Armenia.
Yerevan TPP consists of 7 units with a total capacity of 550MW and
thermal capacity of 420 Gcal/h. Presently, the plant is operating at a
capacity of 50MW and 18-25 Gcal.