Naira Nahapetyan: developing hydroelectric power plants, Armenia can export electricityJune 7, 2010 - 14:40 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - The hydropower engineering is rapidly developing in Armenia thanks to the correct policy carried out by the government, according to the chairperson of the Union of Small Hydropower Plants. “Armenia is a country with poor natural resources but developing hydroelectric power plants, it can export electricity,” Naira Nahapetyan told journalists in Yerevan. “Presently, small hydropower plants generate 331 mln kwh, what makes 5% of the total amount of electricity processed in the country,” she said. Top stories Yerevan has dismissed Turkey’s demand to shut down the Armenian nuclear power plant as “inappropriate”. Armenia will loan 2.9 billion drams to Nagorno Karabakh (Artsakh), according to a draft government decision. The Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan has “strongly condemned” Armenia’s decision. Kerobyan has said that for the first time in the history of Armenia, the volume of foreign direct investments amounted to about $1 billion. Partner news | Government reveals details from Pashinyan’s meeting in border village Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan has met with a group of residents of a border village in Armenia’s northern Tavush province Narek Manasyan wins European Boxing Championships silver for Armenia Armenia’s Narek Manasyan (92kg) won Armenia’s second silver medal at the European Boxing Championships 2024 on April 28. Blinken urges Azerbaijan to continue negotiations with Armenia Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken has urged Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev to continue negotiations with Armenia. Pashinyan, Blinken talk Armenia-U.S. ties over the phone Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan had a phone conversation with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on April 28, Pashinyan’s office reports. |