Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov. 22
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The Iranian Ministry of Energy is working on 1,121 water and electricity projects worth 55 trillion rials (about $1.3 billion) in Sistan and Baluchestan province, IRNA cited Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian as saying.
He added that 11 projects account for water supply, 445 projects - for urban and rural water supply and sewerage, 665 projects - electricity and energy.
Ardakanian said that the province may become one of the electric power generation centers for electricity export to neighboring countries.
This province has a great potential in the field of alternative and renewable energy sources, he added.
These potential should be used in cooperation with the private sector, Ardakanian said.