Iran to export electricity to Georgia
Iran plans to export electricity to Georgia, announced Deputy Oil Minister and Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC).
According to Fars News Agency, Hamidreza Araqi said in Sunday, “Armenia generates electricity using gas exported from Iran and delivers it back to NIGC and we might sell a part of this power supply to Georgia.”
He said that negotiations on selling the electricity generated in Armenia to Georgia have been underway, and a contract would be signed soon.
“We have decided to sell nearly 10 percent of the power that we receive from Armenia to Georgia,” Araqi underlined.
In relevant remarks in April, Deputy Executive Director of Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company Davoud Manzour stressed the need for exporting electricity to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
“Given the fact that the neighboring countries, especially Afghanistan and Pakistan, need electricity, necessary measures should be adopted to link Iran’s power grid to them,” Manzour said.
He noted that at present Iran is exporting 1,400MW of electricity to Iraq, adding that the country is expected to turn into a regional hub in power generation and supply.
Also, in January, Deputy Energy Minister Alireza Daemi said that Iran is mulling plans to boost power exchanges with regional states, especially its neighbors.
Energy Ministry is planning to increase its electric power exchanges with regional countries, including Russia, Tajikistan and Persian Gulf littoral states, Daemi said.
Iran is in pursuit of creating an electric power transmission network in the region, he added.