On 18 June, the ground-breaking ceremony for a new solar power plant in Gladzor, Vayots Dzor region of Armenia, was held as part of the EU Sustainable Energy Week. The power plant will be built in the framework of the EU-funded project “Enhancing SME Competitiveness through Promotion and Wider Use of Sustainable Innovative Technologies”.

“This […] is a vivid example of the EU commitment to bring energy efficiency reforms and renewable energy investment sources in Armenia to scale by actively collaborating with the Government and unblocking energy market opportunities,” mentioned the EU Ambassador Piotr Świtalski.

“The placement of a solar power plant in Gladzor is highly important for the community. This will […] provide new employment opportunities for the local people,” said Armen Movsisyan, Mayor of Gladzor community.

The event is one of many EU initiatives on energy efficiency within the EU Sustainable Energy Week in 2019, which will feature Sustainable Energy Days in Armenia, youth events, intellectual quests, painting competitions, seminars and lectures, inaugurations of solar photovoltaic power plants, the launch of a biogas plant, the opening of a sustainable greenhouse, and many more exciting events. For more information on the EU Sustainable Energy Week in 2019 in Armenia and the other Eastern partner countries, visit: http://bit.ly/31ztlqf.

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