Azerbaijan , Baku, April 12 / Trend, A.Yusifzade /
The Iranian Ministry of Energy said that Iran exported roughly 420 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity to its neighboring countries states during the three weeks of the current Iranian calendar year (that started on March 21, 2011), IRNA reported.
The figure shows a 18.61-percent-increase compared to the previous year's amount.
Iran's electricity network had integrated into the power grids of seven neighboring countries.
Earlier, Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou said that Russia, India, Qatar, the UAE, Jordan, Syria and Oman are the new countries having demand for Iran's electricity.
He said that Iran has the capability to turn into a regional exporter of electricity.