Minister: Iran’s Export of Electricity Hits Record

Date: 20 October 2019 - 21:34

News ID: ۷۱۸۸۷

TEHRAN (Dispatches) – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said on Sunday that the export of electricity to neighboring countries has reached a record high in the past year.
Addressing a session of Tehran’s City Council, Ardakanian said management of the situation over the past two water years has helped the country break the record in three sectors of the power industry.
The minister said the records in electricity generation, power consumption and exports have been broken since 2017-2018 water year.
According to Ardakanian, Iran’s export of electricity to neighboring states, particularly to Iraq, reached a record high last year.
Ardakanian and his Iraqi counterpart Luay al-Khatteeb signed two memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and a contract in February to boost cooperation between the two countries in the electricity industry.
On Saturday, Ardakanian said that Iran is capable of boosting its electricity exports to Afghanistan under the framework of the two sides’ energy agreements, according to Iranian public television.
Ardakanian said that Iran intends to expand its energy cooperation with Afghanistan in various areas-- including long-term electricity--to meet the needs of the Afghan electricity industry, among other areas.
Mentioning his recent visit to Afghanistan, Ardakanian reported that the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding for the expansion of cooperation in several areas.