Capacity of Iran’s Electricity Exchange with Neighbors Exceeds 3,000MW: Official
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – An official at Iran’s Ministry of Energy put the country’s electricity exchange capacity with the neighboring countries at over 3,000 megawatts, adding that Iran’s electricity exchange with Turkey has increased from 50 to 450 megawatts in the past two years.
The deputy head of the Iran Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution Management Company (TAVANIR) for foreign trade affairs pointed to the situation of the electricity exchange of the country with its neighbors and added that Iran is one of the largest electricity generating countries in the region, with about 93,000 megawatts of installed capacity.
Currently, Iran imports electricity from the Republic of Azerbaijan, Armenia and Turkmenistan and exports electricity to Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan in return, Mohammad Allahdad stated.
He went on to say that Iran also exports and imports electricity to/from neighboring Turkey bilaterally, Mehr news agency reported.
Allahdad said the electricity exchange between Iran and Turkey exceeded 50 megawatts over the previous years but with the construction of the HBDC Back to Back substation in Turkey’s Van border point, the country’s exchange of electricity has increased from 50 to 450 megawatts.