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  • New Power Unit To Be Built Near Yerevan TPP Will Be Put into Op 2010

    NEW POWER UNIT TO BE BUILT NEAR YEREVAN TPP WILL BE PUT INTO OPERATION
    IN 2010

    http://www.nt.am/news.php?shownews=117384

    Y EREVAN, SEPTEMBER 13, NOYAN TAPAN. A sitting of the commission on
    granting professional competence certificates for expert examination on
    environmental impact and approving expert conclusions was held on
    September 13. The indicated commission of the RA ministry of nature
    protection discussed the working draft of a power unit with a combined
    steam and gas cycle, which was submitted by Yerevan Thermal Power Plant
    (TPP). In the words of the minister Aram Harutyunian, the technical
    re-equipment of Yerevan TPP is of great importance as it will allow to
    reduce environmental damage.

    The director of Yerevan TPP CJSC Hovakim Hovhannisian said that Yerevan
    TPP has been operating since 1962 and is currently working not at full
    capacity. It is envisaged to build a new power unit with 189 mw of
    electric power and 103 kwh of thermal power in the area adjacent to the
    TPP. Comparing the impact of the old and new TPPs on environment, H.
    Hovhannisian pointed out some advantages of the new one. For example,
    the operation of the new unit will allow to reduce the release of
    greenhouse gases into the atmosphere by more than 600 thousand tons a
    year, and the concentration of carbon monoxide will decline about 39
    times.

    According to H. Hovhannisian, it is planned to put the new power unit
    into operation in April 2010. It will be constructed with a long-term
    (40 years) 216 million dollar loan that the Japan Bank for
    International Cooperation (JBIC) provided at a low 0.75% interest rate.
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