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OFFICIAL: NEIGHBORS KEEN TO PURCHASE IRAN'S ELECTRICITY
FNA
17:08 | 2012-11-02
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian energy official underlined the
neighboring countries' willingness to purchase electricity from Iran,
and stressed Tehran's ability to meet their needs.
"Many neighboring countries seek to import electricity from Iran
and we can export an extra 8,000 MW besides the current 2,000 MW,"
Deputy Minister of Energy Mohammad Behzad said on Thursday.
The Iranian official also announced that Iran exported a total of
7.8 billion gigawatts per hour (GW/h) of electricity in the previous
Iranian year (ended on March 19, 2012), which is expected to exceed
10 billion GW/h this year.
"In general we expect Iran's electricity export to increase 40 percent
this year compared with the last year," Behzad added.
In August, the Iranian Energy Ministry announced that the country has
exported 3,949gw/h of electricity in the last 4 months, which shows
a 46% growth compared with the same period last year.
With the implementation of subsidy reforms law, not only domestic
electricity consumption has reduced but also annual growth in
electricity demand has been checked, thus paving the way for further
export of electricity to the neighboring countries.
Iran has power swap deals with Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey,
Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan and the autonomous region of Nakhichevan.
From: A. Papazian
FNA
17:08 | 2012-11-02
TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian energy official underlined the
neighboring countries' willingness to purchase electricity from Iran,
and stressed Tehran's ability to meet their needs.
"Many neighboring countries seek to import electricity from Iran
and we can export an extra 8,000 MW besides the current 2,000 MW,"
Deputy Minister of Energy Mohammad Behzad said on Thursday.
The Iranian official also announced that Iran exported a total of
7.8 billion gigawatts per hour (GW/h) of electricity in the previous
Iranian year (ended on March 19, 2012), which is expected to exceed
10 billion GW/h this year.
"In general we expect Iran's electricity export to increase 40 percent
this year compared with the last year," Behzad added.
In August, the Iranian Energy Ministry announced that the country has
exported 3,949gw/h of electricity in the last 4 months, which shows
a 46% growth compared with the same period last year.
With the implementation of subsidy reforms law, not only domestic
electricity consumption has reduced but also annual growth in
electricity demand has been checked, thus paving the way for further
export of electricity to the neighboring countries.
Iran has power swap deals with Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey,
Azerbaijan, Iraq, Afghanistan and the autonomous region of Nakhichevan.
From: A. Papazian