NEW POWER UNIT AT YEREVAN THERMAL POWER PLANT MAY BE CONSTRUCTED IN NEXT 3-4 YEARS – MINISTER
YEREVAN, July 3. /ARKA/. The new power unit of the Yerevan Thermal
Power Plant may be construction in the next three-four years,
Armenia’s minister of energy and natural resources Yervand Zakharyan
told reporters on Wednesday.
The government haas prepared the respective program envisaging more
acceptable tariffs for electricity, he said at the official opening
of Energy Week 2014.
Zakharyan said talks are under way with the Japanese side for the
loan. Yet, the minister has not specified any details. The issue is
being negotiated, he said.
The Yerevan thermal power plant was modernized and equipped with
a new steam-gas unit of combined cycle and was re-commissioned in
April 2010. Total rated capacity of the new plant is 271.7 megawatt;
the production output is 242 megawatt and thermal output is 434.9
gigajoules-hours. The new steam-gas unit was constructed in cooperation
with the Japanese Bank for International Cooperation that provided
a loan worth $247 million for 30 years with a 10-year grace period.-0–
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