Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug.6
By Fatih Karimov - Trend: Hydroelectric power generation capacity in Iran has decreased 1,000 megawatts.
Iran's Power Generation Transmission and Distribution Management Company (TAVANIR) official, Abdorrasoul Pishahang referred to the water shortage crises in the country saying that hydroelectric power plants are not able to operate at full capacity due to water deficit, Iran's Mehr news agency reported on August 6.
He added that a plan has been developed to use wastewater for power generation.
Iran's hydroelectric power generation capacity has increased 9.5 percent in the current year.
Iran's hydroelectric power plants have generated 5,544 billion kilowatt hours of electricity since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), the Mehr news agency reported on July 21.
Based on the annual report of Iran's Energy Ministry, the country's hydroelectric power generation capacity was 10.5 gigawatts in the past year.
Power generation capacity in Iran has grown by 7 percent annually during the past 10 years. The figure has averaged 3.5 percent in the world.
Iran is currently the biggest electricity producer in the Middle East.
Iran's total electricity generation currently stands at 70 gigawatts.
Iran currently trades power with Turkey,Armenia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan,Pakistan, Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq.
Iran 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