Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 14 / Trend F.Milad/
Iran exported over 6.5 gigawatt hours (GWh) of electricity to the neighboring countries since the beginning of the current calendar year, started on March 21, 2011, showing 25 percent rise in comparison to the same period last year, the ILNA news agency reported.
The deputy Iranian energy minister Mohammad Behzad has predicted that the country's value of electricity exports would hit $1 billion by the end of the year.
The Mehr news agency quoted Mohammad Behzad as saying that three billion dollars worth of technical and engineering services in the power sector will be also exported by the yearend.
"Iran currently exchanges electricity with Turkey, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq," Behzad said.
By the end of the fifth national development plan (2015) Iran will boost its electricity generation capacity by 25,000 megawatts, Energy Minister Majid Namjou said in October 2011.
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