BUILDING SOLAR ELECTRIC POWER STATION PLANNED IN ARMENIAJune 19, 2003 - 19:32 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The building of a solar electric power station is planned in Armenia this year. In the words of chairman of "Grand Holding" Hrant Vardanian, it will be an experimental station of 100 kW, which will let study the opportunities of using alternative energy sources in Armenia. In the words of former director of the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant Suren Azatian, the performance factor of the station is not known yet and it will be determined in the course of the work. If in the world practice the degree of efficiency of similar stations makes 2-3%, in the given project it may make 16%, Azatian said. In any case the index will be much higher than that of hydroelectric power plants, he added. Director of the Institute of Radiophysics of Armenia Paris Heruni fathered the project. Top stories Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan took to social media to thank his Lithuanian counterpart for the contribution. President of the Armenian parliament Alen Simonyan met with the Speaker of the Azerbaijani Milli Majlis Sahiba Gafarova. Achieving stable peace between Armenia and Azerbaijan remains a priority of the OSCE, said Ian Borg. The Cabinet of Ministers decided on Thursday, November 9 to allocated AMD 120 million to arrange the gathering. Partner news | Concept to complete Yerevan Cascade discussed at city hall A conceptual proposal to complete the Cascade complex in downtown Yerevan has been presented by Jean-Michel Wilmotte. Pashinyan visits flood-hit region Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan on Saturday, June 8 visited the disaster area in the Lori province. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State to travel to Armenia Assistant Secretary for European and Eurasian Affairs James C. O’Brien will travel to Yerevan on June 10-12. Power of One Dram to benefit Road of Life, Strong Mind IDBank and Idram summarize the results of the May program of “The Power of One Dram”. |