Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr. 30
By Khalid Kazimov – Trend:
Iran is studying the possibility of exporting its electricity to the EU through Turkey, Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian said. According to the minister, Iran and representatives from the EU have held negotiations to discuss the issue, Tasnim news agency reported.
He added that Turkey will also join the talks, if Iran and the EU finalize the talks. While the country over the last Iranian calendar year (starting on March 20) increased its power generation capacity by 2.5 gigawatts (GW), the capacity is projected to grow by 4.5 GW over the current year to post a nominal capacity of 81.1 GW.
Over the last year, Iran exported 386 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity. The figure indicates a 113 percent growth year-on-year. ru