Armenia

TABLE 1. ESTIMATED ENERGY RESERVES

Estimated available energy sources
Fossil fuels Nuclear Renewables
Solid1 Liquid2 Gas3 Uranium4 Hydro5 Other renewables5 (wind)
Total amount in specific units* — — 176.0 — 7.0 1.1
Total amount in petajoules (PJ) — — 6.0 — 25.0 4.0

TABLE 2. ENERGY CONSUMPTION

Final Energy consumption [PJ] 2000 2005 2010 2015 2019 Compound
annual growth
rate 2000–2019 (%)
Total 46 72 76 90 103 4.33
Coal, Lignate and Peat 0 0 0 0 0
Oil 12 16 16 13 17 1.85
Natural gas 18 39 43 53 61 6.63
Bioenergy and Waste 1 0 0 4 3 5.95
Electricity 13 15 17 19 21 2.56
Heat 2 2 0 0 0

TABLE 3. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION

Electricity production (GWh) 2000 2005 2010 2015 2019 Compound
annual growth
rate 2000–2019 (%)
Total 5 958 6 317 6 491 7 799 7 691 1.35
Coal, Lignate and Peat 0 0 0 0 0
Oil 0 0 0 0 0
Natural gas 2 692 1 828 1 438 2 801 3 047 0.65
Bioenergy and Waste 0 0 0 0 0
Hydro 1 261 1 773 2 556 2 206 2 372 3.38
Nuclear 2 005 2 716 2 490 2 788 2 198 0.48
Wind 0 0 7 3 3
Solar 0 0 0 1 71

TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS

2000 2005 2010 2014 2015 2019 2020
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) 24.20 31.20 29.40 38.20 39.45 46.55 n/a
Electricity per capita (MWh/capita) 1.49 1.52 1.60 1.97 2.02 1.95 1.95
Electricity production/Energy production (%) 81 63 64 78 61 70.3 n/a
Nuclear/total electricity (Gross, %) 33.70 43.70 38.40 31.80 35.75 28.8 35.75
Ratio of external dependency (%)1 68 67 66 72 65.30 73.6 n/a

TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2020

Reactor Unit Type Net
Capacity
[MW(e)]		 Status Operator Reactor
Supplier		 Construction
Date		 First
Criticality
Date		 First Grid
Date		 Commercial
Date		 Shutdown
Date		 UCF
for
2020
ARMENIAN-2 PWR 415 Operational ANPPCJSC FAEA 7/1/1975 1/1/1980 1/5/1980 5/3/1980 73.3
ARMENIAN-1 PWR 376 Permanent Shutdown ANPPCJSC FAEA 7/1/1969 12/15/1976 12/22/1976 10/6/1977 2/25/1989
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS).
Note: Table is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report.

TABLE 6. STATUS OF DECOMMISSIONING PROCESS OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Reactor unit Shutdown reason Decommissioning strategy Current decommissioning phase Current fuel management phase Decommis-sioning licence Licence terminated year
Armenia 1 February 1989 – other economic reasons SAFSTOR Reactor core defueling Storage in an off-site facility ANPP CJSC —

TABLE 7. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

Reactor unit/project name Owner Type Capacity (MW(e)) Expected construction start year Expected commercial year
Armenian NPP-2 Metsamorenergoatom PWR 600–1000 TBD —