Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan was present on April 21 at the opening of a new thermal power plant in Yerevan with combined steam-gas cycle.

The president toured in the territory of the plant, got acquainted with the technical phases of the operation of the unit.

The construction of the power plant was launched in July 2008. It was constructed with the 284 million USD credit provided by the Japanese Bank of International Cooperation. The construction of the power unit was has been implemented by the Japanese and Korean specialized companies.

The operation of the new unit will give an opportunity to increase the power and reliability of the Armenian energy system, to decrease the electricity losses in the networks. The station will have considerably low emissions.

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