  Hydropower plants to be able to secure 20% of energy produced in Armenia by 2020 September 7, 2010 - 16:29 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Deputy Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Areg Galstyan said that hydropower plants might be able to secure 20% of the entire energy produced in Armenia by 2020. “We managed to double the hydro energy production in Armenia during the past year, bringing it to 10% of the entire energy produced in the country,” Galstyan said in his remarks during the presentation of a new project of Norwegian Norsk Energy company and Hydroenergetica company. Galstyan added that Norway’s experience is significant - almost 90% of energy consumed in the country is produced by hydropower plants.   Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion.   Partner news |  Latest news Putin to meet Erdogan, Aliyev on SCO sidelines  Putin will hold meetings with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev.Armenian, Georgian Foreign Ministers meet in Tbilisi The meeting of Ararat Mirzoyan and Ilia Darchiashvili, is underway in Tbilisi, the Armenian Foreign Ministry reveals.CSI urges IOC to ban Azerbaijan from Paris 2024 The organization said in a statement that there is no place for genocide at the Olympics.Bipartisan U.S. Congressional delegation arrives in Armenia Senator Wicker is also the ranking member of the U.S. Senate Armed Services Committee. |
