Monday, April 25 2022 17:49

ArmInfo. On April 25, the Municipal Sustainable Energy Forum was organised by EU4ASEP project, implemented since 2018, and to be concluded by an awareness week  during April 25-30, 2022, the press service of the EU Delegation to  Armenia reports.

According to the source, "EU-Armenia under the Covenant of Mayors  developed a viable model for a community-led renewable energy  generation and sustainable energy transformation in Artik and Aparan  cities. The Photovoltaic installation in Artik, for instance, has  600KWp capacity with an annual electricity generation of 1335MWh, and  the capacity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 570 tons of CO2  per year. The event was organized by the implementing partners -the  Energy Saving Foundation (ESF) and the Union of Communities of  Armenia (UCA). The European Union attaches importance to and supports  the implementation of programs promoting sustainable energy in the  communities of Armenia."

The EU4ASEP project is part of the EU4Energy initiative and is  implemented by the Energy Saving Fund and the Association of  Communities of Armenia under the auspices of the EU program "Covenant  of Mayors - Demonstration Projects".  The Covenant of Mayors  Demonstration Projects (CoM-DeP) program is part of the EU4Energy  initiative. The EU4Energy initiative includes all EU support to  improve energy supply, security and connectivity between partners,  and promote energy efficiency and renewable energy in the EU's  Eastern partner countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia,  Moldova and Ukraine. This is done by funding projects and programs  that help reform energy markets and reduce national energy dependency  and consumption. In the long term, this makes energy supply more  reliable, transparent and affordable, thereby reducing energy poverty  and energy bills for both citizens and the private sector.