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Iraq’s Iranian-built Al Sadr power-plant set for operation

Iran Materials 23 February 2011 12:31 (UTC +04:00)

Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Behzad said Iranian-built Al Sadr power-plant in Iraq is an important project which is now ready to come on stream-MNA reports.

IRINN quoted Mohammad Behzad as saying the first unit of this 324 MW plant has been completed and is waiting for its fuel supply, and the second unit will open in 45 days.

He said Iran's electricity export to Iraq will expand, adding that the Islamic republic is plans to build eleven more power-plant units and new transmission lines to the tune of 2 GW in that country.

"Currently we're exporting 750-800 MW," he said, adding, "With the construction of the 400 KW Karkheh-Al-Amarah power line, the amount of electricity exported to Iraq will climb to over one GW," Behzad was quoted by IRINN as saying on Saturday.

The Karkheh-Al-Amarah power line project is being carried out by Iran's Tavanir Company.

He added that the Iranian ministry of energy has plans to export electricity to Lebanon via Iraq and Syria.

Apart from Iraq, the Islamic Republic exports power to other countries, including Afghanistan, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Pakistan, and Turkey, and imports electricity from Armenia and Turkmenistan.

Meanwhile, Iran and India reached an agreement in 2010 to jointly construct power plants and exchange electricity.

Construction of new power plants in the two states and the exchange of about 6,000 megawatts of electricity were envisaged in the agreement between Tehran and New Delhi.

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