Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept. 24
By Fatih Karimov – Trend:
Iran has requested Danish companies to take on a more active role in Iran’s energy projects.
The Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian in a meeting with his Danish counterpart Lars Christian Lilleholt called for cooperation in renewable energy field, promoting water resources quality and recycling waste water, Mehr news agency reported.
Chitchian further said that developing application of renewable energy resources can be a base for mutual cooperation given the Islamic Republic’s unique capacities in the field of solar and wind energy and Denmark’s capabilities in this regard.
He also referred to application of new technologies in the water and wastewater treatment as another area for cooperation of the two countries’ private sectors.
At the end of the meeting it was announced that the Danish Energy, Utilities and Climate Minister Lilleholt will lead a delegation of the country’s leading companies to Tehran to discuss cooperation fields and boosting bilateral ties in water and electricity sectors.
Iran’s power generation capacity currently stands at around 74,000 MW, of that some 12,000 MW is generated via hydroelectric power plants, 1000 MW via nuclear power plant and the remaining is produced by thermal power plants.
Iran’s capacity for producing renewable energy stands at 232 megawatts, 0.31 percent of the country’s total power generation capacity.