Yerevan Thermal Power Plant
| Yerevan Thermal Power Plant | |
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Yerevan Thermal Power Plant (new unit)
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 Location of Yerevan Thermal Power Plant in Armenia
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| Official name | Yerevan TPP |
| Country | Armenia |
| Location | Yerevan |
| Coordinates | 40°06′51″N 44°29′48″E / 40.11417°N 44.49667°ECoordinates: 40°06′51″N 44°29′48″E / 40.11417°N 44.49667°E |
| Status | Operational |
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| Decommission date | 2010 (old plant) |
| Owner(s) | Yerevan TPP CJSC |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | natural gas |
| Secondary fuel | fuel oil |
| Tertiary fuel | coal |
| Cogeneration? | yes |
| Combined cycle? | yes |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 × 242 MW |
| Units decommissioned | 5 × 50 MW 2 × 150 MW |
| CHP heating capacity | 121 MWt |
| Nameplate capacity | 242 MW |
Yerevan Thermal Power Plant (Yerevan TPP) (Armenian: Երևանի ջերմաէլեկտրակայան (Երևանի ՋԷԿ)), is a thermal power plant located about 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) from Yerevan, Armenia. An older, obsolete plant was fueled by natural gas and fuel oil, while the new combined-cycle plant is powered by natural gas and has a capacity of 242 megawatts. It produces a quarter of the country's electricity and is responsible for seasonal electricity swaps with Iran. The director general of the power plant is Hovakim Hovhannisyan.
The Teploelectroproject Institute began planning the Yerevan Thermal Power Plant in 1959. Construction began in 1961, and 1963 saw the commission of the first turbine, with 50 megawatts of electrical capacity. (The operating company was established at the same time.) It was the first large-scale thermal power plant in Armenia. After the last power turbine was commissioned in 1967, the plant consisted of seven units, with 550 megawatts of electrical power and 630 GCal/h of thermal capacity. Five units had electrical capacity of 50 megawatts each, and two units had electrical capacity of 150 megawatts each.
After the new plant opened in 2010, the old plant was closed. By that time, only one unit remained operational. However, there is a plan to rehabilitate two 50-megawatt units of the old plant to process coal from Nagorno-Karabakh. In 2014, equipment was installed and a small-scale test was carried out.
A plan to privatize the power station was reconsidered in 2003. Preparations for construction of the new combined cycle co-generation plant next to the existing plant started in 2005. The project cost US$247 million, which was covered by a ¥26,409 billion (US$241 million) loan from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation (now the Japan International Cooperation Agency). The initial loan agreement was signed on 29 March 2005, and an amendment was signed on 27 May 2008. The loan must be repaid over 40 years at an interest rate of 0.75%. The term includes a 10-year grace period in which no money is due.
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