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BISHOP AND GENERAL'S SON SHARE A RIVER
Kristine Aghalaryan
11:42, April 1, 2015
Big Officials, Mini Hydro-Plants
Davit Ohanyan, son of General-at-Large Hovik Ohanyan (appointed to
the special post in 2013), wants to increase the wattage capacity of
a hydro power he's built in Armenia's Vayots Dzor Province.
The Ministry of Nature Protection says that a public hearing will
be held on April 3 in the community of Hermon regarding the possible
environmental impact that will result from modifications to the Naneh
mini hydro-plant construction project. (Hermon is a small village of
250 residents some 16 kilometers from Yeghegnadzor)
The company Arates Energy now wants to raise the plant's power by
1,250 kilowatts via the placement of additional aggregate material.
Last summer, the Public Services Regulatory Commission granted Arates
Energy a license to produce electricity. With permission in hand,
the company built a 2,130 kilowatt mini hydro-plant on the Aysas
tributary of the Karakaya River in Hermon.
Arates Energy was registered in 2007 at General Ohanyan's home address
in the town of Yeghegnadzor. It's the same residential address for
his son Davit. The general owns 100% of the company's shares and
serves as its director.
Aysas flows for 12 kilometers and 2.7 will be diverted through pipes
to the hydro-plant.
Another hydro-plant has already been built on the same river. Elegis
Ltd, owned by Bishop Abraham Lazarian, Primate of the Vayots
Dzor Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, operates the Hermon
hydro-plant. This plant diverts 3.2 kilometers of the river.
If we add the lengths of the two diversionary tracts, exactly one
half of the Aysas flows through pipes.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/59379/bishop-and-generals-son-share-a-river.html
Kristine Aghalaryan
11:42, April 1, 2015
Big Officials, Mini Hydro-Plants
Davit Ohanyan, son of General-at-Large Hovik Ohanyan (appointed to
the special post in 2013), wants to increase the wattage capacity of
a hydro power he's built in Armenia's Vayots Dzor Province.
The Ministry of Nature Protection says that a public hearing will
be held on April 3 in the community of Hermon regarding the possible
environmental impact that will result from modifications to the Naneh
mini hydro-plant construction project. (Hermon is a small village of
250 residents some 16 kilometers from Yeghegnadzor)
The company Arates Energy now wants to raise the plant's power by
1,250 kilowatts via the placement of additional aggregate material.
Last summer, the Public Services Regulatory Commission granted Arates
Energy a license to produce electricity. With permission in hand,
the company built a 2,130 kilowatt mini hydro-plant on the Aysas
tributary of the Karakaya River in Hermon.
Arates Energy was registered in 2007 at General Ohanyan's home address
in the town of Yeghegnadzor. It's the same residential address for
his son Davit. The general owns 100% of the company's shares and
serves as its director.
Aysas flows for 12 kilometers and 2.7 will be diverted through pipes
to the hydro-plant.
Another hydro-plant has already been built on the same river. Elegis
Ltd, owned by Bishop Abraham Lazarian, Primate of the Vayots
Dzor Diocese of the Armenian Apostolic Church, operates the Hermon
hydro-plant. This plant diverts 3.2 kilometers of the river.
If we add the lengths of the two diversionary tracts, exactly one
half of the Aysas flows through pipes.
http://hetq.am/eng/news/59379/bishop-and-generals-son-share-a-river.html