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Iran’s electricity output surpasses 238 terawatt hours

Business Materials 28 January 2015 17:42 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Jan. 28

By Umid Niayesh - Trend:

Iran's power plants have generated over 238.19 terawatt hours of electricity since the beginning of the current Iranian fiscal year (March 20, 2014) to Jan. 27.

The figure shows a 5.46 percent increase compared to the same period of the previous year, the official website of the Iran's energy ministry reported Jan. 28.

The Islamic Republic's thermal power plants produced 225.67 terawatt hours of electricity during the period, meanwhile hydroelectric power plants shared 12.514 terawatt hours of the country's total electricity production.

Output of thermal power plants has increased by 5.79 percent during the period, however the output of country's hydroelectric power plants only shows an increase by 0.09 percent year on year.

The ministry has supplied over 240.524 terawatt hours of electricity to various sectors during the period, indicating a rise by 5.02 percent compared to the same period of preceding year

According to the Iran's Energy Ministry's annual report, the country produced 263 billion kilowatt hours (KWh) of electricity, while it exported above 11.7 billion KWh and imported 3.7 billion KWh during the last fiscal year.

The Islamic Republic currently trades power with Turkey, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Tehran seeks to become a major regional exporter of electricity and has attracted more than $1.1 billion in investments for the construction of three new power plants.

Edited by CN

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