ARMENIA’S POWER WORKERS TO STUDY REGIONAL STREAMS

Aysor
Feb 10 2010
Armenia

Armenia’s Energy Sciences Research Institute has launched a campaign
aimed at studying the Armenia-Georgia-Russia and Armenia-Iran regional
energy stream projects, told Aysor’s correspondent Institute’s chief
director, Levon Yeghiazarian.

The campaign has been kicked off since January 2010 and will last
two years with assistance by USAID.

"The project is very interesting from professional and economical
points of view and in terms of mentioned countries’ regimes and
mutual-streams, especially from the point of the following turning
of our 400 kW system to the energy systems of Iran and Georgia. We
haven’t ever had such connections yet," said Levon Yeghiazarian.

Armenian energy sector always had excess energy for export; Armenia
even has provided Azerbaijan with electricity, according to Levon
Yeghiazarian.

Some projects are on the stage of establishing with focusing on
regional problems, economy and energy sectors’ development in Armenia,
and the international assistance. "We also take into consideration
the alternative resources’ development," said Yeghiazarian pointing
in this relation the wind power’s resources. He said that with German
KFW Bank’s assistance this year the wind power’s resources would be
studied. "The system is on the stage of an active development. In April
the Yerevan Power Station will operate, two more hydropower stations
will be build on Araks River, and there are obvious improvement trends
in operation of the ‘Electric Networks of Armenia’ company," he added.