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Heating Armenia the Sustainable Way
Special for the Armenian Weekly
This is the last installment in a six-part series I’ve written as a volunteer with the Armenian Environmental Network in Yerevan. The goal of this project was to bring to light some of the exciting work of environmental organizations in Armenia. The country currently faces many significant environmental challenges, from deforestation and mining to conservation issues and pollution. But in visiting the organizations featured here, I’ve found a community of s




What is the status of solar energy in Armenia? Are any solar panels available for homes in Armenia?
Good, more of this please.
Armenia’s current situation, should be an opportunity to inspire creative solutions and hopefully create local industries around these ideas. Make this something the younger generation in Armenia to tackle by applying their smarts. Maybe Tumo can help with this by creating engineering projects to tackle a challenging problem.
Heating is a critical need in Armenia and we know the impact it has on the forests.
Armenia can become an important energy supplier by extracting forest wastes (naturally fallen trees, branches, and twigs) and process them to become wood pellet. This wood pellet can be packaged and exported to other European and Asian countries as fuel for electrical power plant or for wood stove in every house.