Armenia should develop alternative energy sources

Russia is not putting pressure on Armenia by raising the price of natural gas supplied to Armenia, political scientist Levon Shirinian told Aysor.am.

“We should not give way to anti-Russian hysteria. Russia raises prices of energy carriers for other countries as well. Energy carriers are expensive worldwide and nobody is obliged to sell their natural resources at low prices,” L. Shirinian said.

He expressed an opinion that Armenia should consider using alternative energy sources. “For example, there are 2,500 hours of sunny days in Armenia a year and it is necessary to use new technology to develop this sphere. Strangely enough, the issue has not yet been discussed at the state level,” the political scientist noted.

According to him, the development of alternative energy and energy-saving technologies may mitigate the hike in gas price.