Losses in Armenian electricity system caused by aged network and non-optimal management - Tractebel Engineering S.A.
15.10.2014,
15:02
High losses in Armenia’s high-voltage electricity system are caused by the aged network and non-optimal management, Vincent Lambillon, manager of Tractebel Engineering S.A., said at the presentation of the report on energy network development and optimization.
YEREVAN, October 15./ARKA/. High losses in Armenia’s high-voltage electricity networks are caused by the aged network and non-optimal management, Vincent Lambillon, manager of Tractebel Engineering S.A., said at the presentation of the report on energy network development and optimization.
Armenia needs a new infrastructure as energy demand is growing, he said. Apart from this, optimization may help improve the management system, he said at a conference on energy loss optimization in Yerevan on Wednesday.
Lambillion also said his company can propose solutions to reduce losses.
Tractebel Engineering S.A. is currently implementing two in Armenia for rehabilitation of electric mains and substations, which is the first step to reduce losses, he said.
Lambillon noted the company has not studied yet the amount of possible loss reduction in Armenia, the time and the investments required.
There are two factors contributing to energy losses – technical and non-technical. The first include losses in the network and the second is illegal use, bills that are not paid and calculation errors, Lambillon said.
He said the energy losses have reduced in the last years, from 15% down to 12%, but are still high as compared to the global 8% level.
According to Electric Networks of Armenia closed joint stock company, the percentage of losses in relation to total grid output was 12.97% in 2013 as compared to 13.13% in 2012.
Lambillion said his company is ready to offer long-term and short-term solutions to the problem and help install special counters measuring losses in the network.
Tractebel Engineering S.A. is a leading technical consulting company in energy sector, with an annual turnover of 500 million euros and a staff of 3,300 experts. The company is represented in some 30 countries.
Tractebel Engineering S.A. has won the tender in Armenia on WB-funded feasibility studies for Noyemberyan-Larvar 110 kV electric mains. In 2012 the company implemented a “Stress Test” technical assistance project in the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant.
The company submitted bids for two tender projects implemented in Armenia by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Some earlier reports said the ADB council approved lending of 37 million to Armenia for reconstruction of electric transmission lines. The project will help the country reconstruct its Soviet-time electric mains, enhance its management and data transfer systems and modernize two high-voltage substations.
Tractebel Engineering S.A. cooperates with the Armenian Development Agency and the Armenia-Belgium Chamber of Commerce and Industry. –0—
Armenia needs a new infrastructure as energy demand is growing, he said. Apart from this, optimization may help improve the management system, he said at a conference on energy loss optimization in Yerevan on Wednesday.
Lambillion also said his company can propose solutions to reduce losses.
Tractebel Engineering S.A. is currently implementing two in Armenia for rehabilitation of electric mains and substations, which is the first step to reduce losses, he said.
Lambillon noted the company has not studied yet the amount of possible loss reduction in Armenia, the time and the investments required.
There are two factors contributing to energy losses – technical and non-technical. The first include losses in the network and the second is illegal use, bills that are not paid and calculation errors, Lambillon said.
He said the energy losses have reduced in the last years, from 15% down to 12%, but are still high as compared to the global 8% level.
According to Electric Networks of Armenia closed joint stock company, the percentage of losses in relation to total grid output was 12.97% in 2013 as compared to 13.13% in 2012.
Lambillion said his company is ready to offer long-term and short-term solutions to the problem and help install special counters measuring losses in the network.
Tractebel Engineering S.A. is a leading technical consulting company in energy sector, with an annual turnover of 500 million euros and a staff of 3,300 experts. The company is represented in some 30 countries.
Tractebel Engineering S.A. has won the tender in Armenia on WB-funded feasibility studies for Noyemberyan-Larvar 110 kV electric mains. In 2012 the company implemented a “Stress Test” technical assistance project in the Armenian Nuclear Power Plant.
The company submitted bids for two tender projects implemented in Armenia by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Some earlier reports said the ADB council approved lending of 37 million to Armenia for reconstruction of electric transmission lines. The project will help the country reconstruct its Soviet-time electric mains, enhance its management and data transfer systems and modernize two high-voltage substations.
Tractebel Engineering S.A. cooperates with the Armenian Development Agency and the Armenia-Belgium Chamber of Commerce and Industry. –0—
