The largest 200 MW solar plant "Aig-1" in Armenia will be built on the territory of Talin, Dashtadem and Ashnak settlements in Aragatsotn Region, on an area of 560 hectares. 500,000 panels composed of photovoltaic glass will be installed, as the preliminary environmental impact assessment application for the construction of the "Aig-1" solar plant says, whereas its second public hearing was held on July 1. The distance of the boundaries of the station territory in a straight line from the nearest houses is Ashnak makes up 0.5 km, Dashtadem - 1.25 km, Talin - 1.4 km.
The territory of the station is located on the southern Armenian slope of Aragats Mountain and occupies a part of Talin cape, the height of which accounts for 1250-1800 m. Archaeologists in the area, according to the video by Public Television Company (video below), have discovered many finds, the oldest of which are 300,000-year-old hand cutters. In the area there are B.C. tombs dating back to the 15th-10th centuries, out of which only the largest one has been preserved, there are also settlements in the area, but their preservation is more difficult. According to Boris Gasparyan, researcher at Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography of NAS RA, they will ask the project managers to bypass those parts.
The waste management application says that a waste management plan will be developed within the framework of the EHS (environmental, health and safety) management plan, considering the following principles (i) waste management hierarchy: avoid-reduce-recycle-recover-
85 percent of the shares of the joint company created for the implementation of "Aig-1" project belong to "Masdar" company, whereas 15 percent belongs to Armenian State National Interest Fund. The total investment cost of the project is 174 million USD. The station is planned to be commissioned in 2025.
July 11, 2022 at 16:59