EBRD PLANS TO WEAN ARMENIA OFF NUCLEAR POWER
November 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction & Development (EBRD) has announced plans to wean Armenia off nuclear energy and onto renewables, rather than funding replacements for its ageing Soviet-era reactors. One unit at the former Soviet republic's Metsamor plant currently supplies 40% of the country's energy; a twin unit has been mothballed since a 1988 earthquake shook the power station, 75 km south of the epicentre. A new EBRD report quotes Armenia deputy energy minister Areg Galstyan (CORRECT SPELLING) welcoming EBRD support for developing ...
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