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Iran to Connect Its National Power Electricity Grid to Russia

  • Tehran Times quoted Mr Homayoun Haeri MD of Iran power generation transmission and distribution management company (TAVANIR) as saying that Iran plans to connect its national power electricity grid to Russia by the next calendar year which will end on March 20th 2013.He added that Iran will exchange up to 15 billion kilowatt hours of electricity with its neighboring countries by the end of the current year, up by 50% YoY.The country is currently exchanging electricity with Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Nakhichevan, Turkey and Turkmenistan and plans to add 5,000 MWs of capacity to its power grid annually.According to the Iranian Energy Ministry statistics, the country will be exporting up to USD 1 billion in electricity by March 2012.

  • Iran's total power generation capacity stands at 63,403 MW while total length of the power grid exceeds 780,000 kilometers. Exchange of electricity with neighboring countries reached 1,341 MW in late December 2010. The top exporter was Armenia with 237 MW and the top importer of Iranian electricity was Iraq with 650 MW.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. The Iranian deputy energy minister said in November that the country is ready to connect national power grid to Russia through Azerbaijan.

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