Armenia
TABLE 1. ESTIMATED ENERGY RESERVES
Estimated available energy sources | ||||||
Fossil Fuels | Nuclear | Renewables | ||||
Solid1 | Liquid2 | Gas3 | Uranium4 | Hydro5 | Other Renewable5 (Wind) | |
Total amount in specific units* | — | — | 176.0 | — | 7.0 | 1.1 |
Total amount in petajoule (PJ) | — | — | 6.0 | — | 25.0 | 4.0 |
TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS (PJ)
Average annual growth rate (%) | |||||
2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2014 | 2000 to 2014 | |
Energy consumption* | |||||
- Total | 92.0 | 109.0 | 107.25 | 127.93 | 2.22 |
- Solids** | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
- Liquids | 13.0 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 13.62 | 0.31 |
- Gases | 52.0 | 56.0 | 54.1 | 78.81 | 2.81 |
- Nuclear | 22.0 | 30.0 | 27.2 | 26.9 | 1.35 |
- Hydro | 5.0 | 6.0 | 9.2 | 7.17 | 2.43 |
- Other renewables | 0.01 | 0.34 | 0.75 | 1.43 | 39.21 |
Energy production | |||||
- Total | 27.01 | 36.34 | 37.15 | 35.40 | 1.82 |
- Solids** | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
- Liquids | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
- Gases | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.0 |
- Nuclear | 22.0 | 30.0 | 27.2 | 26.9 | 1.35 |
- Hydro | 5.0 | 6.0 | 9.2 | 7.17 | 2.43 |
- Other renewables | 0.01 | 0.34 | 0.75 | 1.43 | 39.21 |
Net import (Import - Export) | |||||
- Total | 64.9 | 72.66 | 70.10 | 92.53 |
TABLE 3. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY
Average annual growth rate (%) | |||||||
1988 | 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2016 | 2000 to 2016 | |
Capacity of electrical plants (GW(e)) | |||||||
- Thermal | 1.74 | 1.74 | 1.74 | 1.99 | 2.43 | 2.43 | 2.25 |
- Hydro (incl. small HPPs & wind) | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 1.10 | 1.25 | 1.29 | 1.71 |
- Nuclear | 0.76 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.38 | 0.00 |
- Total | 3.51 | 3.12 | 3.12 | 3.47 | 4.06 | 4.10 | 1.84 |
Electricity production (TWh) | |||||||
- Thermal | 8.94 | 2.69 | 1.83 | 1.41 | 2.80 | 2.58 | -0.28 |
- Hydro (incl. small HPPs & wind) | 1.52 | 1.26 | 1.66 | 2.59 | 2.21 | 2.36 | 4.27 |
- Nuclear | 4.82 | 2.01 | 2.72 | 2.49 | 2.79 | 2.38 | 1.13 |
- Total1 | 15.28 | 5.96 | 6.21 | 6.49 | 7.80 | 7.32 | 1.38 |
Total electricity consumption (TWh) | 12.39 | 4.77 | 4.89 | 5.21 | 6.10 | 5.92 | 1.45 |
TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS
2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2014 | 2016 | |
Energy consumption per capita (GJ/capita) | 24.2 | 31.2 | 29.4 | 38.2 | n/a |
Electricity per capita (MWh/capita) | 1.49 | 1.52 | 1.60 | 1.97 | 2.03 |
Electricity production/Energy production (%) | 81 | 63 | 64 | 78 | n/a |
Nuclear/total electricity (%) | 33.7 | 43.7 | 38.4 | 31.8 | 32.5 |
Ratio of external dependency (%)1 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 72 | n/a |
TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2016
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 2016 |
ARMENIAN-2 | PWR | 375 | Operational | ANPPCJSC | FAEA | 1975-07-01 | 1980-01-01 | 1980-01-05 | 1980-05-03 | 67.8 | |
ARMENIAN-1 | PWR | 376 | Permanent Shutdown | ANPPCJSC | FAEA | 1969-07-01 | 1976-12-15 | 1976-12-22 | 1977-10-06 | 1989-02-25 |
Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). | |||||||||||
Note: Table 7 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 | |||
Armenia 1. | 1989, February Other economic reasons | Safe store | 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 |
ANNP | Metsamorenergoatom | PWR | 600–1000 | 2018 | 2026 |