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CONSTRUCTION WORK OF NEW POWER UNIT OF YEREVAN TPP PROCEEDS ACCORDING TO SCHEDULE
Noyan Tapan
June 5, 2009
YEREVAN, JUNE 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The construction work of the new power
unit of Yerevan Thermal Power Plant (TPP) is proceeding according to
the schedule, and the degree of construction work implementation is
assessed at 68%, RA Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen
Movsisian told reporters during the June 3 visit to Yerevan TPP with
the aim of familiarizing himself with the construction process of
the new power unit.
In his words, all building and assembly work has to be completed
by October, after which the work on putting the TPP in order will
start. The completion of construction work and the launching of Yerevan
TPP is scheduled for April 30, 2010. A. Movsisian said the equipment
was mainly imported, with heavy and big equipment being imported
by Mria plane with the greatest aircraft capacity in the world. By
an agreement, all equipment, including machinery of over 240 tons,
will be brought into Armenia by mid July.
The overall intsalled capacity of the power plant will make 271.8
megawatts, including electric capacity of 242 megawatts, and TPP
efficiency of 68%. It will consume natural gas 2-2.3 times less for
generation of 1 kwh of power compared to other thermal power plants
in Armenia. The control of Yerevan TPP: its launching, connection
to the network, loading and stoppage will be fully automatic. Its
maintenance staff will make about 50 persons. Under the program it
is envisaged training of new experts at Alstom, Fuji and SEC companies.
The minister said that the global financial crisis has not had and
will not have any impact on construction of the power unit.
Noyan Tapan
June 5, 2009
YEREVAN, JUNE 5, NOYAN TAPAN. The construction work of the new power
unit of Yerevan Thermal Power Plant (TPP) is proceeding according to
the schedule, and the degree of construction work implementation is
assessed at 68%, RA Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Armen
Movsisian told reporters during the June 3 visit to Yerevan TPP with
the aim of familiarizing himself with the construction process of
the new power unit.
In his words, all building and assembly work has to be completed
by October, after which the work on putting the TPP in order will
start. The completion of construction work and the launching of Yerevan
TPP is scheduled for April 30, 2010. A. Movsisian said the equipment
was mainly imported, with heavy and big equipment being imported
by Mria plane with the greatest aircraft capacity in the world. By
an agreement, all equipment, including machinery of over 240 tons,
will be brought into Armenia by mid July.
The overall intsalled capacity of the power plant will make 271.8
megawatts, including electric capacity of 242 megawatts, and TPP
efficiency of 68%. It will consume natural gas 2-2.3 times less for
generation of 1 kwh of power compared to other thermal power plants
in Armenia. The control of Yerevan TPP: its launching, connection
to the network, loading and stoppage will be fully automatic. Its
maintenance staff will make about 50 persons. Under the program it
is envisaged training of new experts at Alstom, Fuji and SEC companies.
The minister said that the global financial crisis has not had and
will not have any impact on construction of the power unit.