Armenia is exploring the construction of a new nuclear power plant in the future and the involvement of foreign partners in the project, Deputy Prime Minister Tigran Avinyan said at a meeting with French ambassador to Yerevan Jonathan Lacote. Alexandre Gorbatchev from the French Atomic Energy Commission and representatives from Orano (formerly Areva) also participated…
Construction of the first 50 MW phase of the Astana EXPO 2017 wind farm is being completed. CAPEC Green Energy Director Yedil Saryev made the remarks at the Central Asian states’ renewable energy summit held in Astana. He noted that the first phase of the wind farm was planned to be launched in the middle…
Azerbaijan and Saudi Arabia will discuss expansion of cooperation in the field of energy, agriculture and the IT sector, Azerbaijan’s Finance Ministry reported. These issues will be included in the agenda of the meeting of the fifth joint intergovernmental commission of the two countries to be held on March 4. The parties will also discuss…
Armenia and Iraq are planning to launch energy cooperation, Ambassador Hrachya Poladian said after a meeting with Iraqi Minister of Electricity, Dr. Loay Al-Khatib. “The Ambassador noted the possibility of cooperation in the field of electricity transmission from Armenia to Iraq, and the use of alternative energy sources,” the Armenian Embassay said in a tweet.…
The total capacity of renewable energy facilities in Ukraine exceeded 2 GW in 2018, according to Director General of the Energy Markets Directorate of the Energy and Coal Industry Ministry, Olha Buslavets. “The installed capacity of renewable energy sources grew by half over the past year and exceeded 2 GW. According to our estimates, this…
Ukraine will be able to stop using the imported gas in the next five years thanks to the opening of access to Ukrainian mineral resources. “We have many opportunities to become energy independent. We are starting to launch a very complex and closed system – access to Ukrainian subsoil assets. I believe that in the…
Azerbaijan has simplified the procedure for connecting enterprises to the power grid, Elsever Rustamli, head of the Azerishig OJSC department for prospective development and work with the ASAN service, reported. Now, the procedure of connecting to the power grid for entrepreneurs takes 20 days and is carried out in two stages. “The first stage involves…