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IRAN, ARMENIA REACH AGREEMENT ON BUILDING MEGHRI POWER PLANT
press tv
Mon Jun 4, 2012 1:27PM GMT
Iran seeks to become a major regional exporter of electricity and
has attracted more than USD 1.1 billion in investments to build three
new power plants.
Iran and Armenia have reached an agreement for the construction of
Meghri hydroelectric power plant over the Aras River which forms the
common border between two countries.
The agreement was reached during Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou's
one-day trip to Armenia on Saturday.
During the trip, Namjou conferred with his Armenia counterpart, Armen
Movsisian, and the two sides agreed to begin the construction of the
joint power plant on August 22, 2012.
According to the agreement, the hydroelectric power plant, which
will straddle the border river, will have the capacity to produce
130 megawatts (MW) of electricity.
Construction of the power plant will begin simultaneously in Armenia's
Meghri and Iran's Qarachilar regions.
During a separate meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,
Namjou submitted a letter from Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
inviting Sargsyan to take part in the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
summit from August 26 to 31 in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Earlier in January, Mir Fattah Ghareh Bagh, the managing director of
Iran Grid Management Company (IGMC), said the country's electricity
exports to Armenia would increase upon the completion of the 400-kV
power transfer line, which will connect Iran's electricity network
to the Armenian city of Agarak.
According to Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Behzad, the
new power transmission line will take Iran's electricity to Georgia,
Russia and Europe.
Iran is currently exchanging electricity with Afghanistan, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Nakhichevan, Turkey and Turkmenistan.
The Islamic Republic seeks to become a major regional exporter of
electricity and has attracted more than USD 1.1 billion in investments
to build three new power plants.
press tv
Mon Jun 4, 2012 1:27PM GMT
Iran seeks to become a major regional exporter of electricity and
has attracted more than USD 1.1 billion in investments to build three
new power plants.
Iran and Armenia have reached an agreement for the construction of
Meghri hydroelectric power plant over the Aras River which forms the
common border between two countries.
The agreement was reached during Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou's
one-day trip to Armenia on Saturday.
During the trip, Namjou conferred with his Armenia counterpart, Armen
Movsisian, and the two sides agreed to begin the construction of the
joint power plant on August 22, 2012.
According to the agreement, the hydroelectric power plant, which
will straddle the border river, will have the capacity to produce
130 megawatts (MW) of electricity.
Construction of the power plant will begin simultaneously in Armenia's
Meghri and Iran's Qarachilar regions.
During a separate meeting with Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan,
Namjou submitted a letter from Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
inviting Sargsyan to take part in the 16th Non-Aligned Movement (NAM)
summit from August 26 to 31 in the Iranian capital, Tehran.
Earlier in January, Mir Fattah Ghareh Bagh, the managing director of
Iran Grid Management Company (IGMC), said the country's electricity
exports to Armenia would increase upon the completion of the 400-kV
power transfer line, which will connect Iran's electricity network
to the Armenian city of Agarak.
According to Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Behzad, the
new power transmission line will take Iran's electricity to Georgia,
Russia and Europe.
Iran is currently exchanging electricity with Afghanistan, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Nakhichevan, Turkey and Turkmenistan.
The Islamic Republic seeks to become a major regional exporter of
electricity and has attracted more than USD 1.1 billion in investments
to build three new power plants.