An industrial solar power plant with a capacity of 200 megawatts to  be built in Armenia

ArmInfo.Photovoltage industrial power plant "Ayg-1to be built in Talin and Dashtadem  communities of Aragatson region of Armenia ". At the meeting on  December 3, the RA government approved the list of companies that  passed prequalification, the composition of the tender committee and  the invitation to participate in the tender.

According to the Minister of Territorial Administration and  Infrastructures of the Republic of Armenia Suren Papikyan, the  capacity of the new solar power plant will be 200 megawatts as part  of the investment program of the UAE company "Masdar". The companies  AHKA, Hydrochainakorporation, Gazpromenergoholding and Abu Dhabi  Future Energy Company (ADFEC) were pre-qualified. The results of the  competition will be announced in February 2021. The tender commission  included the Deputy Minister of Territorial Administration and  Infrastructures (Chairman), Deputy Minister of Justice (member of the  Commission), Deputy Minister of the Environment (member of the  Commission), Deputy Minister of Finance (member of the Commission)  and Deputy Minister of Economy (member of the Commission).  The  purpose of the government's decision is to properly organize and  conduct a tender for the design, financing, construction, management  and operation of a solar photovoltaic station.

It should be reminded that on July 12 last year in Yerevan between  the executive director of the "Masdar" company Mohammed Jamil Al  Ramahi and the executive director of the Fund for National Interests  of Armenia David Papazyan, an agreement on cooperation in the  construction of a solar photovoltaic (200 MW) power plant, a wind  power plant with a capacity of 200 MW of energy and "floating" solar  installations with a capacity of 100 MW. More than 200 rivers and  lakes can be used for floating solar programs. In Armenia, where the  wind speed is 8.5 meters per second, there are favorable conditions  for the construction of a wind farm. The country has an indicator of  1.720 kWh of solar energy per 1 sq. meter, in contrast to the average  European figure of 1000 kWh. Armenia, being a full member of the Abu  Dhabi International Renewable Energy Agency since 2010, aims to  provide more than a quarter (26%) of domestic demand through  renewable energy by 2025.

It should be noted that the construction of the Masrik-1  industrial-scale solar power plant in Armenia is ongoing, which is  being built by the winning consortium of the Dutch company with  Spanish roots Photowatio Renewable Ventures B.V and Spanish FSL Solar  S.L. (FSL Solar SL). In order to implement the project, the  consortium founded the Efarvi Masrik company in Armenia. The  estimated cost of the investment program will exceed $ 55 million