Armenia's Energy Security Scheme Destroyed Over the Last 3 Years, Vahe Davtyan

Starting today, the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant is halted for a period of 141 days. If anyone thinks this is purely a local issue concerning the energy system, they are gravely mistaken. This was stated by energy security expert and member of the 'One Armenia' party council, Vahe Davtyan.

“As a result of the export policy failure by the traitorous regime, one of the largest energy facilities in the country, the 5th energy block of Hrazdan, has also been halted. Meanwhile, the Yerevan Thermal Power Plant is considered a backup measure. Traditionally, during the halting of the NPP, it was the thermal power plants that took on the main generation load. This is the scheme for securing Armenia's energy security, which has been destroyed over the last three years,” he wrote.

The electric power deficit in the country will be supplemented through imports from Georgia. It is known that Georgia itself is a state that imports electricity, and within the structure of its imports, a lion's share is occupied by electricity from Azerbaijan and partially from Turkey. Therefore, lacking large surplus capacities, Georgia will have to increase electricity imports from Azerbaijan and Turkey for re-export to Armenia.

All of this can be viewed in the context of removing the 'North-South' (Iran-Armenia-Georgia-Russia) energy corridor project from the agenda, compounded by the unacceptably slow pace of constructing the Iran-Armenia high-voltage overhead line and the almost frozen status of the Armenia-Georgia line construction project. In general, this configuration fits within the competitive framework ongoing between North-South and East-West transport corridors. The former traditionally served Armenia's interests, which are now violated and forgotten, while Azerbaijan has constantly fought for the latter, now gaining substantial opportunities to finally exclude Armenia from regional communications,” he concluded.