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Jason Sohigian
Jason Sohigian is the former deputy director of Armenia Tree Project. He has a master’s in Sustainability and Environmental Management from Harvard. His undergraduate degree is from the Environment, Technology, and Society Program at Clark University with a concentration in Physics. From 1999 to 2004, Jason was editor of the Armenian Weekly.
Latest posts by Jason Sohigian (see all)
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I would like to congratulate Jason Sohigian on this detailed, factual, and timely report. It will hopefully raise further interest in the development of renewable energy in Armenia.
Good article but the beginning to be updated because the natural gas pipeline coming from Iran has already been completed and we currently, since last April, recieve gas from Iran as well. Maybe the author was thinking of the oil pipeline which is being built.
With all the sun and wind of open spaces in Armenia, solar and wind power would seem to be good sources of energy. It is wonderful that Armenia is blessed to have so many highly trained and educated people working with dedication to help the country into the future. It would be great not to be dependent on foreign oil or gas!
yes Good article but solar PVs are not green or smart
FROM:Uncle garagett’s note book
Lo! The Prophet
We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature’s inexhaustible sources of energy—sun, wind, and tide. … I’d put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don’t have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.
—Thomas Edison in conversation with Henry Ford and Harvey Firestone (1931)
Nice work, Jason. Good article overall, worthy of the Weekly.
I was just wondering: in your introduction, you mention many types of alternative energy, including geothermal for which you mention a recent grant, but there’s no mention of it on the rest of the text. Knowing that Armenia has a fairly thin crust (earthquakes and the like), one has to ask why the underlaying heat has not been tapped until now. I once heard from someone who had worked in the major geological survey of Armenia that was done in the 1970’s and 1980’s, that some 10 or twelve sites had been identified as potential emplacements for geothermal stations, with a combined output of more that 5000MW. Any news on that front?