Ukraine in Arabic | Iran made the largest electricity exchange with neighbors
KYIV/Ukraine in Arabic/ Iran exchanged approximately 1,593 megawatts (MW) of power with its neighbors in one day, the Energy Ministry announced.
The country exported 1,065 megawatts of electricity to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Armenia and Turkey, and imported 528 megawatts of power from Armenia and Turkmenistan.
Iran's power swaps with the neighboring countries showed a positive balance of 537 MW yesterday.
Iran is currently swapping electricity with Armenia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Iraq and Afghanistan.
In October 2013, Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian expressed pleasure in the growing volume of Iran's power exports to the neighboring states, and said Iraq, a main consumer of Iranian electricity, has called on Tehran to boost power supplies to the country.
“We are moving on a growing trend in exporting electricity to the neighboring countries, including Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Pakistan and Afghanistan,” Chitchian said at the time.