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Armenia, Erevan
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Solar Thermal Energy Systems
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Organisation of a Production Facility for Solar Thermal Energy Systems.
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Objectives |
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- To establish a facility to manufacture and sell solar water heaters for use in domestic installations.
- To create 15 permanent jobs, including 12 jobs for YerPhI staff.
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Background |
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YerPhi has for a number of years been developing a range of diversification projects within its
pilot production unit. One of these is a solar water heaters project. Solar energy is a
particularly promising Alternative Energy option within Armenia, since the country enjoys an
exceptionally high level of insolation, and has almost no indigenous fossil fuel resources. It
does not yet have any substantial indigenous manufacturers of solar energy equipment, but has a
few firms which supply solar energy systems for domestic use. Technokom is one such firm, and
it supplies solar water heaters produced in the Netherlands under a Joint Venture named
SunEnergy LLC between ZEN (Netherlands) and Technokom (Armenia). This JV has supplied some 50
solar water heating units to homes, hotels and hospitals in Armenia. These have a roof-mounted
solar heating panel which feeds hot water to wall-mounted heating panels, swimming pools, or
storage tanks containing a high-efficiency heat-exchanger for supply of domestic hot water.
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Plan |
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Income of £ 100,000 is planned in 2012, and £ 200,000 in 2013. The project identified a number of
tasks: Renovation and reconstruction of working area, Equipment acquisition and installation,
Manufacture of prototypes, Personnel training, Marketing. The project leader (who is also an employee of Technokom company)
intends that the new business will manufacture distribute and install solar water heaters, and that independent installers
will also be used. It is planned to establish the partnership with Technokom company which will provide a market for selling
of solar water heaters.
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Jobs |
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7 new jobs (including 6 jobs for YerPhI staff) had been created by the end of Q 1, 2011-2012.
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Cost |
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Total cost of the project is £150,360. The DECC's contribution is £ 98,057.
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Beneficiary |
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A.Alikhanyan National Science Laboratory (Yerevan Institute of Physics)
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