Energy Transition Union
of Armenia
Էներգետիկ անցման միություն
Industry-led platform
Founded April 2026
Yerevan, Armenia
Armenia's energy future is being decided now. The Metsamor decommissioning roadmap, the EU–Armenia Connectivity Partnership signed at the inaugural EU–Armenia Summit on 5 May 2026, the €2.5 billion Global Gateway investment envelope, and the country's declared 2030/2040 targets for solar, storage, electrification and grid modernisation together define a once-in-a-generation window. Delivering on it requires more than ambition. It requires the technical depth, financial capacity, and institutional coordination of the companies that will build it.
The Energy Transition Union of Armenia (ETUA) is the industry-led platform created to deliver that coordination. Founded in April 2026 by leading Armenian energy companies, ETUA convenes industry, government, financial institutions, and international partners around a shared roadmap to a secure, competitive, and low-carbon Armenian energy system. ETUA is positioned as the natural counterpart for the energy strand of the EU–Armenia Connectivity Partnership and the High-Level Dialogue on Connectivity launched alongside it.
USD 2 B
Investment mobilised
ETUA's quantitative anchors · 2040 horizon
Why ETUA, and Why Now
The missing piece has been coordination. Armenia has the renewable resource, the engineering talent, and — since 5 May 2026 — a structured EU partnership. What has been absent is a single industry interface that can convert this opportunity into a coordinated pipeline of bankable projects, evidence-based policy reform, and a credible voice in the institutional dialogues now opening in Yerevan and Brussels. ETUA is built to fill that gap.
Industry-led
Decisions are taken by companies that deploy capital and build assets, not by external commentators.
Non-commercial
ETUA itself does not pursue commercial revenue, ensuring credibility with regulators and IFIs.
Delivery-focused
Every working group commits to time-bound deliverables, reported transparently each year.
Strategic Agenda · Fourteen Pillars
ETUA's agenda is structured into fourteen interconnected pillars. Each is led by a working group with named industry rapporteurs and quarterly deliverables.
01
National strategy
- Long-term 2040/2050 vision; balanced energy mix
- Energy security and resilience strategy
- Cross-sector planning: power, heat, transport, industry
02
Solar and distributed generation
- Reform of net metering toward stable long-term frameworks
- Net billing and hybrid prosumer compensation models
- Utility-scale, C&I, rooftop, and community solar policy
- Standardised permitting and grid-connection rules
03
Energy storage and flexibility
- National battery storage roadmap
- Standalone-storage market design; ancillary services
- Demand response and flexible tariff structures
04
Grid and infrastructure
- Grid modernisation roadmap for renewable integration
- Smart-grid digitalisation; AMI smart-meter rollout
- Transparent grid-capacity mapping
- Liberalisation and balancing-market development
05
Market reform
- Time-of-use and flexibility-signal tariffs
- Boosting electricity-market liquidity
06
Cybersecurity
- Digital resilience of energy infrastructure
- IEC 62443 and sector-specific cyber standards
07
Standards and quality
- EPC, storage, and DER technical standards
- Installer certification and licensing
- Equipment quality and approved-product criteria
- Standard model contracts (EPC, PPA, O&M, leasing)
- National workforce training and certification
08
Investment and green finance
- Blended-finance models for renewables and storage
- Green bonds and sustainable-finance instruments
- De-risking mechanisms for private investment
- Carbon finance and environmental-attributes monetisation
- Project-pipeline database for local and foreign investors
09
Thermal transition
- Industrial waste-heat recovery (factories, datacenters)
- District heating modernisation
10
Circular economy
- Recycling, sustainable equipment chains, lifecycle thinking
- End-of-life management for PV modules and batteries
11
Regional integration
- Electricity exports to neighbouring markets
- Black Sea cable readiness and regional grid coupling
12
International knowledge transfer
- Partnerships with foreign sector associations
- Best-practice exchange and study visits
13
Electrification and demand
- Heat pumps, geothermal, and sustainable heating
- EV infrastructure including reverse charging (V2H/V2G)
- Electric construction and agricultural equipment
- Boosting electricity demand to displace fossil fuels
14
Cooperation with the State and competitiveness
- Joint working group with PM's office, MTAI, MoE, MoHT
- Government support package for energy companies
- Export readiness for Armenian energy companies
- Improvement of energy-sector state institutions
ETUA and the Post-Summit Framework
The 5 May 2026 EU–Armenia Summit established the institutional architecture within which Armenia's energy transition will now be financed and governed. ETUA's agenda maps onto each principal element of that architecture:
EU–Armenia Connectivity Partnership
ETUA serves as the industry counterpart on the energy strand. All 14 pillars fall within the partnership's remit; pillars 02–04, 08, and 11 are direct counterparts to its priorities.
High-Level Dialogue on Connectivity
ETUA seeks an industry-side seat to bring deployable evidence into the policy dialogue and to channel its outputs back into national implementation.
Global Gateway · €2.5 bn envelope
ETUA convenes a coordinated pipeline of energy projects for submission under the Call for Expressions of Interest, with downstream IFI matchmaking through EBRD, EIB, and Armswiss.
Metsamor decommissioning roadmap
ETUA leads industry analysis of the multi-GW dispatchable-capacity gap and proposes the renewables–storage–flexibility mix to fill it.
Crossroads of Peace · TRIPP
ETUA frames Armenia's energy infrastructure as enabling regional integration and as a foundation for cross-border power exchange.
What ETUA Will Deliver in Its First Year
ETUA commits to a transparent, time-bound first-year programme:
- A national energy-transition roadmap to 2040 co-developed with government and aligned with EU acquis.
- A coordinated project pipeline submitted under the EU–Armenia Call for Expressions of Interest, with quarterly updates.
- Twelve to fifteen policy briefs on priority pillars, each with three implementable recommendations.
- A national workforce-training framework for solar, storage, EV, and heat-pump installation and O&M.
- An annual progress report published publicly, with measurable KPIs against the 2030/2040 targets.
Governance · Membership · Partners
Governance
General Assembly (members) elects the Steering Board, which appoints the Secretariat (Executive Director and staff). Working groups are organised by pillar, each with named industry rapporteurs and quarterly deliverables.
Founding members
Hayk Shekyan · Tigran Okhanyan · Hovhannes Aristakesyan
Membership classes
Founding members · Corporate members (industry) · Institutional members (academic, civil-society) · Honorary partners (government, IFIs).
Cooperation map
Government: PM's office · MTAI · MoHT · R2E2 · PSRC · Parliament
Industry / NGO: UITE · ASEA · Mantashyants · Union of Industrialists · Astghine · Real-Estate Developers Union
Finance: Armswiss · EBRD · EIB · ADB · Global Gateway
International: EU Delegation Yerevan · German Solar Association · GIZ · IEA · IRENA
Join · Engage · Contact
Hayk Shekyan, Co-founder
[email@etua.am] · [www.etua.am] · Yerevan, Armenia