Iran’s electricity output slightly increases
Iran has produced 49,197 gigawatts (GW) of electricity since the
beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21), up 2
percent compared to the past year, Mehr news agency reported.
Iran exported 11.054 billion kilowatt hours of electricity to its
neighboring countries in the past Iranian calendar year.
Iran also imported 3.968 billion kilowatt hours of electricity last
year, showing 8 percent rise year on year.
Iran has constructed power plants twice as many as the average
number of power plants which have been constructed in the world
during the past decade, deputy energy minister Mohammad Behzad has
said.
The country's power generation capacity is currently at 68.38 GW,
he added.
Iran currently trades power with Turkey, Armenia, Turkmenistan,
Azerbaijan (including Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic), Pakistan,
Afghanistan, Syria, and Iraq.
Iran seeks to become a major regional exporter of electricity and
has attracted more than $1.1 billion in investments for the
construction of three new power plants.
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