This is because of fixed electricity pricing. Also people who invested into renewable energy were given a guarantee to sell their product during the first 20 years of production. The management and licensing of energy companies were simplified too "- said Babayan.

Yerevan, the capital, consumes half of the electricity in Armenia.

However, the growth rate of electricity consumption per capita in the region is much higher than in Yerevan. So, in Yerevan for 2003-2011, if the growth rate averaged around 1.6%, then in the regions it was approx. 5.9%.

For developing solar energy, Gegharkunik, Syunik and Shirak regions have even more potential. The highlands, with the discharged air and relatively low temperature, have the most favorable conditions for the maximum exploitation of solar power.

“Yerevan is inferior in this respect, although there are some areas of the capital, where the efficiency of obtaining energy from the sun is high,” says Babayan.

But that does not mean that Yerevan is useless for producing energy from sunlight.