Yerevan November 19
Alexander Avanesov. The Spanish "Acciona" company is interested in making investments in the construction of wind power plants with a capacity of up to 200 MW in Armenia. Representatives of the company informed Acting Minister of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia Garegin Baghramyan about this during the meeting.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia, during the meeting the envisaged programs were discussed, an attempt was made to find mutually beneficial solutions. The representatives of the company reported that measurements are currently being made in Armenia for the construction of a wind power plant. In this context, Garegin Baghramyan stressed that his department is interested in cooperation with the company in the future, and is ready to discuss price offers. In case of a mutually beneficial proposal, the necessary assistance will be shown in order to implement the investment program.
To recall, the Memorandum of Understanding on the construction of a wind generation facility has already been signed. The total installed capacity of wind power stations will be 150-200 MW. In this regard, since January of this year, the company began work on the assessment of wind potential. At an altitude of 80 meters, two monitoring stations and one Sodar system have been installed.
Earlier, a company spokesman Miguel Arares told ArmInfo's correspondent that Acciona is developing a project to build a wind power station in the region of Lake Sevan. "The place has not yet been definitively determined, but it is clear that we will build a wind power plant in this region," Miguel Arares said, adding that the company is also interested in building solar power plants in Armenia.
To note, the Spanish Acciona company, the world leader among enterprises of the electricity production sector using renewable sources, invests in the current year in the construction of "energy parks" from 600 to 700 million euros. The company's management plans until 2020 to invest the same amounts annually in the projects related to "alternative electricity". The total amount of the proposed investments for this period is 3.5 billion euros, 2 billion of which will be invested in the company's facilities being built outside of Spain. "We studied the conditions and proposals of almost 100 countries, which are interested in the construction of power plants that extract energy from sunlight and wind. Now we have to choose those projects that will be a priority for us, " President of the company Jose Manuel Entrecanales said at the meeting of Acciona shareholders.
To recall, the measurements are also carried out by the company from the United Arab Emirates "Axen Infra Central Asia Limited", which intends to build wind power plants in Armenia with a capacity of up to 150 MW. In order to study the wind energy resource, the company installed a 80 meters high tower in the Gegharkunik region. Back in 2003, the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) compiled a map of the wind potential of Armenia, according to which the feasible wind energy potential is estimated at 450 MW with a power generation of 1.26 billion kW / h.
