Armenia plans on building 30-70 megawatt solar power stations

YEREVAN, 16 MARCH, ARMENPRESS. In the next two to three years, Armenia will be building 30-70 megawatt solar power stations. This is whatDeputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Armenia Areg Galstyaninformed during the session of the Committee on Energy of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.“To this day, Armenia has not enhanced the solar energy sector. Of course, Armenia has carried out several pilot projects because before 2014, the tariffs for energy produced at photovoltage stations were quite high for Armenia, and that would have a huge impact on the final tariff for energy provided to consumers. In 2014, we held quite a lot of discussions with the top experts from different parts of the world. Understanding the trends, we are trying to open a small door for these technologies. We plan on building the first large, 30-70 megawatt stations in the next two to three years ,”the deputy minister said, as “Armenpress” reports.

The subsidy mechanism is being applied so that the cost of solar energy doesn’t have a huge impact on the price of electricity.