Monday, November 19 2018 12:04

ArmInfo. The Spanish "Acciona" company is interested in making investments in the  construction of wind power plants with a capacity of up to 200 MW in  Armenia.  Representatives of the company informed Acting Minister of  Energy Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia Garegin  Baghramyan about this during the meeting.

According to the press service of the Ministry of Energy  Infrastructures and Natural Resources of Armenia, during the meeting  the envisaged programs were discussed, an attempt was made to find  mutually beneficial solutions. The representatives of the company  reported that measurements are currently being made in Armenia for  the construction of a wind power plant. In this context, Garegin  Baghramyan stressed that his department is interested in cooperation  with the company in the future, and is ready to discuss price offers.  In case of a mutually beneficial proposal, the necessary assistance  will be shown in order to implement the investment program. 

To recall, the Memorandum of Understanding on the construction of a  wind generation facility has already been signed. The total installed  capacity of wind power stations will be 150-200 MW. In this regard,  since January of this year, the company began work on the assessment  of wind potential. At an altitude of 80 meters, two monitoring  stations and one Sodar system have been installed.

Earlier, a company spokesman Miguel Arares told ArmInfo's  correspondent that Acciona is developing a project to build a wind  power station in the region of Lake Sevan. "The place has not yet  been definitively determined, but it is clear that we will build a  wind power plant in this region," Miguel Arares said, adding that the  company is also interested in building solar power plants in Armenia. 

To note, the Spanish Acciona company, the world leader among  enterprises of the electricity production sector using renewable  sources,  invests in the current year in the construction of "energy  parks" from 600 to 700 million euros. The company's management plans  until 2020 to invest the same amounts annually in the projects  related to "alternative electricity". The total amount of the  proposed investments for this period is 3.5 billion euros, 2 billion  of which will be invested in the company's facilities being built  outside of Spain. "We studied the conditions and proposals of almost  100 countries, which are interested in the construction of power  plants that extract energy from sunlight and wind. Now we have to  choose those projects that will be a priority for us, " President of  the company Jose Manuel Entrecanales said at the meeting of Acciona  shareholders.

To recall, the measurements are also carried out by the company from  the United Arab Emirates "Axen Infra Central Asia Limited", which  intends to build wind power plants in Armenia with a capacity of up  to 150 MW. In order to study the wind energy resource, the company  installed a 80 meters high tower in the Gegharkunik region. Back in  2003, the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) compiled a  map of the wind potential of Armenia, according to which the feasible  wind energy potential is estimated at 450 MW with a power generation  of 1.26 billion kW / h.