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Energy in Armenia describes energy and electricity production, consumption and import in Armenia. Armenia has no proven reserves of oil or natural gas and currently imports nearly all of it from Russia. The new Iran-Armenia Natural Gas Pipeline has the capacity to provide twice the country's 2008 natural gas consumption and has the potential to provide energy security for Armenia as an alternative to the Russian-dominated imports that flow through the Georgian border. Despite a lack of fossil fuel, Armenia has significant domestic electricity generation resources. The Armenian electrical energy sector has had a surplus capacity ever since emerging from a severe post-Soviet crisis in the mid-1990s thanks to the reopening of the nuclear power station at Metsamor.〔("New Armenian Power Plant Set For Launch" ), Armenia Liberty (RFE/RL), December 21, 2010.〕 The Metsamor Nuclear Power Plant provides 42.9% of the country's electricity. Armenia has plans to build a new NPP in order to replace the aging Metsamor which was built in 1979. The country also has eleven hydroelectric power plants and has plans to build a geothermal power plant in Syunik. Most of the rest of Armenia's electricity is generated by the natural gas-fired thermal power plants in Yerevan (completed in 2010) and Hrazdan. Wind power in Armenia is underdeveloped and as of 2008, Armenia has only one wind power farm located in the Lori marz. The Armenian and Iranian energy sectors are currently jointly constructing the Iran-Armenia Wind Farm which is set to become the country's largest wind farm.〔(Iran-Armenia Wind Farm ), Renewable Development Initiative.〕 Armenia is a partner country of the EU INOGATE energy programme, which has four key topics: enhancing energy security, convergence of member state energy markets on the basis of EU internal energy market principles, supporting sustainable energy development, and attracting investment for energy projects of common and regional interest.〔(INOGATE website )〕 It is estimated that nearly 80 percent of Armenia's energy system is under Russian control.〔(''ARMENIA: NEW PROJECTS A STAB AT INDEPENDENCE FROM MOSCOW?'' ), EurasiaNet.org, October 17, 2008.〕 ==Oil== Armenia has no oil reserves. Most of its oil demands are met through imports from Russia. In Soviet times, this fuel made its way to Armenia via a direct rail link from Armenia-Georgia-Russia, but since the Abkhazia-Georgia border is closed fuel is transported across the Black Sea to Georgia from where it makes its way to Armenia via rail cars. Armenian oil demand is constrained, in large part, due to an economic embargo maintained by Azerbaijan to the East, and Turkey to the West. The embargo began shortly after the secession of Nagorno-Karabakh, an Armenian populated azerbaijani enclave within Azerbaijan in 1988, and has held, despite a cease fire declared in 1994.〔(Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government - Caucasus Region ), Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Energy in Armenia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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