ArmInfo. The ENGIE, a large French company occupied in energy and gas in interested with Armenian market. According to the information shared by press office of the State Committee on Water Economy of the Miistry of Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources, this was stated by Albert Grigoryan, the ENGIE Moscow branch Director, at his meeting with Arsen Harutyunyan, the Chairman of SCWE of Armenia.
According to the source, the foreign player was interested particularly in the SCWE policy on installation and implementation of the self-flow irrigation system, within the purpose of energy power costs reduction. During the meeting, according to the guests' request, Harutyunyan presented the ongoing works of the Committee, accentuating the attention particularly at the water reservoir construction project. "In the nearest future our next steps will be aimed at setting new pump stations, which will make possible to reduce costs down to AMD 10 mln. Beside that, the installation of self-flow irrigation will also promote the reduction of energy power expenditures," Harutyunyan said.
Referring to other challenges, Harutyunyan mentioned, that starting from January 1, 2017, a sole operator of potable water supply will perform throughout all the territory of RA, but about 570 communities are still out of the operator's service range. The SCWE Chairman considers this issue as the first priority for the Committee.
To note, the ENGIE is an energy and gas company established in 2008 in France. The company supplies energy service in more than 70 countries, being focused at innovative technologies.
