Editing Yerevan (section)

===Energy===
[[File:Канакер.jpg|thumb|Kanaker HPP of Yerevan]]
The location of the city on the shores of Hrazdan river has enabled the production of hydroelectricity. As part of the [[Sevan–Hrazdan Cascade]], three [[hydroelectric power plant]]s are established within the administrative territory of Yerevan: Kanaker HPP,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mek.am/en/QanaqerGes.html|title=CJSC International Energy Corporation|website=www.mek.am|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104090514/http://www.mek.am/en/QanaqerGes.html|url-status=live}}</ref> Yerevan-1 HPP,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mek.am/en/YerevanGes1.html|title=CJSC International Energy Corporation|website=www.mek.am|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=28 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171228000114/http://www.mek.am/en/YerevanGes1.html|url-status=live}}</ref> and Yerevan-3 HPP.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mek.am/en/YerevanGes3.html|title=CJSC International Energy Corporation|website=www.mek.am|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=4 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104093043/http://www.mek.am/en/YerevanGes3.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The entire plant was privatized in 2003, and is currently owned by [[RusHydro]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mek.am/en/|title=CJSC International Energy Corporation|website=www.mek.am|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623193932/http://www.mek.am/en/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>G. Beglaryan, ''Atlas of Armenia and adjacent countries'', Noyan Tapan, 2007, p. 8.</ref>

The city is also home to the [[Yerevan Thermal Power Plant]], a unique facility in the region for its quality and high technology, situated in the southern part of the city. Originally opened in 1961, a modern plant was built in 2007, furnished with a new gas-steam combined cycled turbine, to generate electric power.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.arka.am/eng/energy/2010/04/22/19591.html |title=President Sargsyan attends opening of reconstructed Yerevan thermal power plant. Retrieved 22 April 2010 |publisher=Arka.am |date=22 April 2010 |access-date=2 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719125049/http://www.arka.am/eng/energy/2010/04/22/19591.html |archive-date=19 July 2011  }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.minenergy.am/en/page/531|title="Yerevan TPP" CJSC - Companies of the system - Power system - www.minenergy.am|website=www.minenergy.am|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=23 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180623221911/http://www.minenergy.am/en/page/531|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2017, the construction of a new thermal power plant was launched with an initial investment of US$258&nbsp;million and an envisaged capacity of 250 megawatts. The power station will be in service in 2019.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.president.am/en/press-release/item/2017/03/20/President-Serzh-Sargsyan-visited-new-building-hydro-power-station-in-Yerevan/|title=President attended the groundbreaking ceremony of Yerevan's new thermoelectric power station - Press releases - Updates - The President of the Republic of Armenia|website=www.president.am|access-date=3 January 2021|archive-date=10 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110210125/https://www.president.am/en/press-release/item/2017/03/20/President-Serzh-Sargsyan-visited-new-building-hydro-power-station-in-Yerevan/|url-status=live}}</ref>