ArmInfo. In Armenia, there are opportunities for the construction of solar power plants with a total installed capacity of up to 1,000 megawatts.Chairman of the Public Services Regulatory Commission (PSRC) of the Republic of Armenia Garegin Baghramyan stated on May 30 during the budget discussions in the commissions of the National Assembly.
However, as the head of the PSRC noted, at present there is no technology in Armenia for the accumulation of electricity from solar energy facilities, despite their rapid development in the world. For this reason, the PSRC is preparing a regulatory project, according to which, if an investor builds a solar power plant together with a storage unit, the restriction of 1 thousand MW will not apply to it. Baghramyan also noted that solar energy facilities have the opportunity to refuse price guarantees provided by power grids and start selling their products to direct buyers, but in an amount not exceeding 30 MW, due to the limited capacity of the energy infrastructure.
