Ashot Manukyan: Armenia takes consistent steps to increase the share of renewable energy

ArmInfo. Armenia is taking  consistent steps to increase the share of renewable energy sources in  the country's energy balance. The Minister of Energy Infrastructures  and Natural Resources of Armenia Ashot Manukyan stated this on  November 4, speaking at a meeting in Tashkent at the 51st meeting of  the CIS Electric Power Council (EES).

According to the press service of the department, Manukyan spoke  about the development of nuclear energy in Armenia, the  diversification of primary energy resources and the increase in the  efficiency of thermal energy production at TPPs.

Presenting the roadmap for the development of renewable energy in the  CIS countries, the head of the Center for the Development of  Renewable Energy Sources at the Higher School of Economics of the  Russian Federation Georgy Ermolenko noted that Armenia's experience  in this area is instructive.

At the meeting, the results of the preparation of the CIS energy  systems for work in the autumn-winter period of 2017-18 were summed  up. The meeting participants discussed aspects of personnel work and  training in the electric power industry, reliability of equipment  operation and labor protection. The agenda of the meeting included  issues of energy efficiency and renewable energy, updating the  regulatory and technical framework for regulating the industry, as  well as cooperation in cases of accidents and emergencies at power  facilities