Azerbaijan, Russia, Iran to eye coop in power sector
Energy ministers of Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran will discuss the prospects of cooperation of the three countries in the sphere of electricity, the Azerbaijani Energy Ministry reported.
The ministers will meet as a part of the 44th session of the CIS Electric Power Council in Moscow.
An Azerbaijani delegation led by Energy Minister Natig Aliyev will pay an official visit to Russia from October 31 to November 2 to participate at the event and trilateral meeting, which will be attended by Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian and Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak will participate at the meeting.
The ministry reported that an agreement on measures to ensure the parallel work of the Unified Energy System of Russia and Azerbaijan's energy system was signed on June 6 in Volgograd. This agreement created great opportunities for continuation of cooperation between Azerbaijan and Russia in the sphere of electricity.
The energy systems of Azerbaijan and Russia have already been connected with two power transmission lines - "Derbend" (330 kilovolt) and "Yalama" (110 kilovolt).
The power exchange between Azerbaijan and Iran is carried out through the lines such as Parsabad I (230 kilovolt), Parsabad II (330 kilovolt), Astara (110 kilovolt) and Julfa and Araz (132 kilovolt).
Implementation of the project for synchronization of the energy systems of Azerbaijan, Russia and Iran will allow to carry out a mutual exchange of electricity between the three countries, as well as will connect other countries of the region to this project.
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