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Publish date: May 6, 2004
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The chief of the delegation of EU in Armenia and Georgia Mr. Torben Kholtse made this statement, Novosti reported. However, the Armenian administration believes the nuclear plant should operate until the alternative energy sources of the appropriate capacity are at place.
The Armenian minister of finance and economics Vardan Khachatryan told journalists that the country works on establishing alternative energy sources in case the nuclear plant is closed. It is required about 1 billion euro to complete the works. The international donor organisations and other countries could allocate the money. The minister believes the gas pipeline from Iran to Armenia could become an alternative source of energy for Armenia. The construction of the pipeline should be launched already this year.
The Armenian nuclear plant operates one Soviet-design reactor VVER-440 and generates from 30 to 40 percent of all energy in Armenia.
Recent attacks on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant "mark the beginning of a new and gravely dangerous front of the war," the UN atomic agency's director general said last week.
After years of inaction, Germany is working on its Carbon Management Strategy to resolve how CCS can play a role in climate action in industry. At the end of February, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action published first key points and a proposal to amend the law Kohlenstoffdioxid Speicherungsgesetz (KSpG). Bellona Deutschland, who was actively involved in the previous stakeholder dialogue submitted a statement in the association hearing.
In the midst of a global discussion on whether natural gas should be used as a transitional fuel and whether emissions from its extraction, production, transport and use are significantly less than those from other fossil fuels, Russia has developed ambitious plans to increase its own production of liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Arctic – a region with 75% of proven gas reserves in Russia – to raise its share in the international gas trade.
In this news digest, we monitor events that impact the environment in the Russian Arctic. Our main focus lies in identifying the factors that contribute to pollution risks and climate change.