Feasibility study on municipal solar PV at Vayk & Spitak

AREEM Project - Solar PV feasibility study at Vayk & Spitak

Feasibility study of establishing solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in Vayk and Spitak towns (FS-01/2016/AREEM)

January – March 2017

Project Description

Within the framework of the program “Covenant of Mayors – Demonstration Projects” Habitat for Humanity Armenia Fund implemented the “Access to Renewable and Efficient Energy in Vayk and Spitak Municipalities” (AREEM) project.

Thanks to the implementation of the AREEM project, both cities will generate about 123.000 MWh of green energy annually, while CO2 emissions will be reduced by about 559 tCO2 annually.

Objectives

The main objective of this assignment was to assess legal, technical and financial feasibility of establishing centralized and/or distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) systems in Spitak and Vayk which will power public buildings and street lighting and come up with recommendations for implementation of the project as described in terms of reference of the AREEM project or formulate new scenario(s) which will meet the legal framework while being technically and financially feasible.

Revisiting the terms of reference and assessing its conformance to the legal framework of the Republic of Armenia, specificaaly the Energy Law and the Law on Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency.
Focus group meetings with stakeholders (communities, Technical Department of Electric Networks of Armenia, HFHA, etc.) to identify their needs and expectations.
Identification of installation sites (in terms of feasible orientation & tilt angle of PV systems, structure stability, system losses).
Preliminary design of PV plants and estimating the annual energy yield and performance indicators.
Financial projections per installation site and ‘scenario’ along with calculation of payback periods.
Reporting observations and proposing alternative scenario which will conform to legal & technical requirements and will meet expectations of stakeholders.

Experts involved

Njdeh Andreas – Acting as Energy Expert

References

CoM-DeP official website: https://com-dep.eu/projects/modernization-of-the-multi-apartment-and-municipal-buildings-in-the-towns-of-spitak-and-vayk/

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