On August 25, 2025, the Aldermen’s Council Vayq community held an extraordinary session and adopted several decisions that will contribute to the development of solar energy in the village of Saravan.
The Council gave consent to change the designation of 12.3 ha and 12 ha community-owned agricultural land (pastures) in Saravan to land designated for energy, transport, communications, and public utilities infrastructure, for the purpose of constructing photovoltaic (PV) solar power plants.
The Council also approved the proposal of Vayq Community Head to sell through auction a 5.46641 ha land plot (designated for energy and utility infrastructure) in Saravan’s 5th land parcel for the construction of a solar power plant. The starting price of the land sale was set at 21 million AMD.
Additionally, the Council decided to grant limited use rights (servitude) for 10 years to Elite-Construction LLC over several small community-owned land plots (totaling about 0.5 ha), with an annual rent of 500,000 AMD, for the construction of high-voltage transmission lines of the “Elite Solar” PV plant.
On August 27, 2024, the Ministry of Environment issued a positive EIA conclusion for Elite-Construction LLC’s PV project in Saravan (address: 8th Street, 2/1). According to the EIA report, Elite-Construction plans to build a 5 MW PV solar plant on a 6.20356 ha land plot owned by the company. The project foresees installing 8,788 polycrystalline PV panels (each with a maximum capacity of 605 W), covering about 5.6 ha.
The company holds an electricity generation license valid until 2044 (Public Services Regulatory Commission decision N 362-A, September 22, 2022).
On November 19, 2024, the Ministry also issued a positive EIA conclusion for Areg Energia LLC’s PV plant project in Saravan. The company received a license valid until 2045. The project will be located on 8.92 ha of company-owned land designated for energy infrastructure.
It envisages construction of a 6-MW PV solar power plant with a 7-MW substation, to be connected to the Vorotan-2 transmission line. A total of 9,932 polycrystalline PV panels (each 605 W) will be installed.
According to the EIA report, once the service life of the modules is over or in case of damage, they will be dismantled and stored in a closed facility (a metal container-house) until being transferred to specialized companies for disposal or recycling.
August 26, 2025 at 13:45