This page provides information on the projects approved by the Armenian Designated National Authority for the CDM.
| Project Title: | Amberd Cascade Small Scale Hydroelectric CDM project |
| Project location: | Ampur and Amberd Rivers, Orgov Community, Aragacotn region, Republic of Armenia |
| Project Participants: |
Local Authorized Participant: Amberd HEK LTD Other Parties: EnBW Trading GmbH (Germany) |
| Sectoral Scope: | 1. Energy industries (renewable - / non-renewable sources) |
| Activity Scale: | Small |
| Methodologies Used: |
AMS-I.D. ver. 13 - Grid connected renewable electricity generation |
| GHG Reduction: | Annual: 8.274 metric tones CO2 equivalent Total: 82.741 tCO2e during the crediting period of 10 years |
| Capital Costs: | N/A |
| Crediting Period: | Renewable crediting period of 10 years. |
| CERs Recipient: |
EnBW Trading GmbH |
Project Objective: |
The main purpose of the project activity is generation of clean hydroelectric energy and contribution to climate change mitigation efforts. |
Project Description: |
The Amberd Cascade Small-Scale Hydropower Project is a small-scale hydropower project in Aragacotn Marz in the Republic of Armenia. Total installed capacity of the Project will be 11.54 MW. The project consists of three levels of power stations. The capacity of the first power station is 2.4 MW, the capacity of the second station is 4.27 MW and the capacity of the third station is 4.87 MW. Amberd-1 will start generate electricity in April 2009, Amberd-2 in August 2009 and Amberd-3 in April 2010. The electricity generated by Project will be sold to the Armenian Electricity Network. Hydro-energy indices of Amberd-1 SHPP are as follows: |
Project Status: |
The project was validated by TUV SUD and approved by the Armenian Designated National Authority for the CDM. |
| Project Timing: | The Amberd-1 SHPP will be commissioned on 01.04.2009 The Amberd-2 SHPP will be commissioned on 01.08.2009 The Amberd-1 SHPP will be commissioned on 01.04.2010 |
| Project Data |
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| Project Design Document: |
Submitted to the DNA for approval on July 14, 2009. |
| Approved by the Armenian CDM DNA on December 7, 2009. | |
| Registration: | The project document has not been submitted to the CDM EB for registration yet. |