Armenia Searching for Donors of Renewable Energy
16:13 January 26, 2015
EcoLur
The World Future Energy Summit by International Renewable Energy
Agency was held in Abu Dhabi from 17 to 18 January. The summit was
participated by the representatives of 150 countries and 115
international organizations. The aim of this summit is to accelerate
the expansion of the renewable energy directing it to the solution to
such problems such as climate change, energy accessibility and energy
safety.
Armenia, which is a member of IRENA, participated in the summit with
the delegation headed by Deputy Energy and Natural Resources Minister
Hayk Harutyunyan. Under the official website of the Energy and Natural
Resources Ministry, the members of the Armenian delegation had
meetings with the director of IRENA Adnan Z. Amin, the representatives
of the different delegations and international financial institutions.
The fifth summit is very suitable for negotiating with the
representatives of donor countries and investing companies and to
attract funds for developing renewable energy projects in Armenia.
“The material was developed in the frames of “Supporting reforms in
the sector of small hydro power plants through enabling a dialogue
between civil society and the Ministry of Nature Protection for
sustainable use of river ecosystems” supported by UNDP/GEF Small
Grants Programme”.