Investment Opportunities in Renewable Energy

Armenia has significant indigenous renewable energy resources, and an educated workforce with extensive scientific and engineering expertise. Furthermore, the Government has taken proactive steps in recent years to craft laws and regulations designed to reform the power sector to enable private sector involvement in renewable energy sector development.

Renewable energy resource potential in Armenia by technology:

Technology Capacity (MW) Generation (GWh/yr.)
Wind 795 1,640
Utility scale solar PV 835-1,169 1,735-2,118
Concentrating solar power 1,169 2,400
Distributed solar PV 93 128
Geothermal power 31-54 244-436
Landfill gas 2.3 20
Small hydro power 91 334
Biogas 3.3 26
Biomass 29 228
Solar thermal hot water 200 254
Geothermal heat pumps 3,500 4,423