Commission set up to promote construction of solar power plants in Armenia

Commission has been set up to implement the project of construction of solar battery stations approved by the government late last year, press service of the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources informs.

The commission comprises representatives from the Ministry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Economic Development and Investments, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the Central Bank and the State Services Regulatory Commission.

The commission is tasked with presenting proposals on the construction of solar batteries of commercial scale.

According to the investment program approved by the government, solar plants with the capacity of up to 110 MW are expected to be built in six locations in Armenia. The first plant with the capacity of 55 MW will be built in Masrik, Gegharkunik province.

Emil Lazarian

“I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia . See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they will not laugh, sing and pray again. For when two of them meet anywhere in the world, see if they will not create a New Armenia.” - WS