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CONSTRUCTION OF ARMENIAN-IRANIAN POWER PLANTS SET FOR 2011
Armenialiberty.org
Oct 15 2010
Armenia -- Energy Minister Armen Movsiaian (L) and his Iranian
counterpart Majid Namju launch the construction of an Armenian-Iranian
power transmission line, 14Oct2010.
Armenia and Iran will start building two major hydro-electric stations
on their border early next year, the energy ministers of the two
states said after talks in Yerevan on Friday.
Armenian Energy Minister Armen Movsisian said on September 16 that work
on the $323 million project will start during his Iranian counterpart
Majid Namju's upcoming visit to Armenia.
However, the two men only signed a memorandum reaffirming their
governments' decision to launch the construction, which is due to
take five years. "This year is coming to an end, so it will start
next year," Movsisian said at the signing ceremony.
His deputy Ara Simonian clarified that the construction will get
underway next spring. "The construction will be done under direction
oversight of the Armenian side and meet our technical standards,"
Simonian told journalists.
"We, the ministers, are determined to announce the launch of this
very important project as soon as possible," Namju said, for his
part. He said final details of the project will be worked out during
Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian's visit to Tehran slated for the end
of this month.
Sarkisian and Namju discussed the matter at a meeting earlier in the
day. According to the Armenian government's press office, they both
underlined its importance for the development of Armenian-Iranian
relations.
The two power plants will be built on either side of the Arax river
marking the Armenian-Iranian border and have a capacity of 130
megawatts each. They both are to be built by an Iranian company,
Farad-Sepasad.
Movsisian said last month that Armenia will finance its share of the
project with electricity to be generated at the facility and supplied
to Iran . "We will need 15 years to pay back the [Iranian] investments
with electricity supplies," he said, adding that the plant will then
become property of Armenia.
Namju and Movsisian inaugurated on Thursday the launch of another
Armenian-Iranian energy project. It involves the construction of a
third high-voltage transmission line linking the two countries' power
grids. The line will allow for a substantial increase in Armenian
electricity exports to the Islamic Republic.
That electricity is to be generated at Armenian thermal-power plans
using natural gas supplied from Iran. Iranian gas deliveries to the
country began in May last year.
From: A. Papazian
Armenialiberty.org
Oct 15 2010
Armenia -- Energy Minister Armen Movsiaian (L) and his Iranian
counterpart Majid Namju launch the construction of an Armenian-Iranian
power transmission line, 14Oct2010.
Armenia and Iran will start building two major hydro-electric stations
on their border early next year, the energy ministers of the two
states said after talks in Yerevan on Friday.
Armenian Energy Minister Armen Movsisian said on September 16 that work
on the $323 million project will start during his Iranian counterpart
Majid Namju's upcoming visit to Armenia.
However, the two men only signed a memorandum reaffirming their
governments' decision to launch the construction, which is due to
take five years. "This year is coming to an end, so it will start
next year," Movsisian said at the signing ceremony.
His deputy Ara Simonian clarified that the construction will get
underway next spring. "The construction will be done under direction
oversight of the Armenian side and meet our technical standards,"
Simonian told journalists.
"We, the ministers, are determined to announce the launch of this
very important project as soon as possible," Namju said, for his
part. He said final details of the project will be worked out during
Prime Minister Tigran Sarkisian's visit to Tehran slated for the end
of this month.
Sarkisian and Namju discussed the matter at a meeting earlier in the
day. According to the Armenian government's press office, they both
underlined its importance for the development of Armenian-Iranian
relations.
The two power plants will be built on either side of the Arax river
marking the Armenian-Iranian border and have a capacity of 130
megawatts each. They both are to be built by an Iranian company,
Farad-Sepasad.
Movsisian said last month that Armenia will finance its share of the
project with electricity to be generated at the facility and supplied
to Iran . "We will need 15 years to pay back the [Iranian] investments
with electricity supplies," he said, adding that the plant will then
become property of Armenia.
Namju and Movsisian inaugurated on Thursday the launch of another
Armenian-Iranian energy project. It involves the construction of a
third high-voltage transmission line linking the two countries' power
grids. The line will allow for a substantial increase in Armenian
electricity exports to the Islamic Republic.
That electricity is to be generated at Armenian thermal-power plans
using natural gas supplied from Iran. Iranian gas deliveries to the
country began in May last year.
From: A. Papazian