ARMENIA HAS 76 OPERATING SMALL HYDROPOWER PLANTS
/ARKA/
October 21, 2009
YEREVAN
Seventy-six small hydropower plants were operating in Armenia as
of October 1, 2009 with the total capacity of 97 megawatt, Abgar
Budaghian, head of a Public Services Regulatory Commission’s (PSRC)
department in charge of investment programs, said to ARKA.
He said all these plants generate 337 million KWh electrical power
a year and besides, 68 licenses have been granted for construction
of new plants with the aggregate capacity of 157 megawatt which will
generate 552 million KWh a year.
The majority of them are being built in the north-eastern province
of Lori and southernmost province of Syunik, rich with hydro potential.
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