1548 MW capacity and 3.92 billion kWh technical and economic hydropower resources cover 60-65% of demand in the Republic of Armenia. Implementation of new SHPP will lead to savings of imported energy resources (gas, oil). 

Utilisation of Lake Sevan hydro potential through the Sevan-Hrazdan cascade served as the energy basis for industrialisation of Armenian Soviet Republic during the 40s, 50s and 60s. This period marked the "pure" hydropower development of the country's power sector. By the end of the 50s about 90% of the republic`s total energy consumption was supplied by HPPs of the Sevan-Hrazdan cascade covering the whole load curve, from base load to peak loads. The price paid was high: a dramatic decrease in the Lake Sevan water level with large environmental consequences. Though, the hydro potential of Lake Sevan was valuable during the energy crisis of the 1990s, when intensive outtakes of water from Lake Sevan resumed. Currently, production of Sevan-Hrazdan cascade is reduced to approximately 500 mln. kWh annually.

Installed capacity and production of HPPs in Armenia

 Small Hydro Power Projects in Armenia