21 July 2010
Azerbaijan and Georgia intend to jointly export electricity to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev was quoted by Trend News as saying.
"This is one of our most important projects and 500-kilovolt power line is already constructed to implement it," he said, stressing that after the construction of the line, Azerbaijan and Georgia will be able to supply electricity to Turkey and Iran.
In turn, Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri confirmed that the Georgian side has already engaged in the construction of a powerline of which only 18 kilometers remained to be completed.
"This is a very important project, which will give us the opportunity to export surplus power, mainly in summer," he said.
Iran plans to build a hydropower plant in Georgia and seeks to import electricity from the former Soviet republic.
Iranian officials said they not only want to import hydropower from Georgia but also are interested in developing wind energy investments there, reports indicate.
Recently, Ecuador and Iran agreed to construct hydroelectric projects in Ecuador.
The countries plan to build a trio of hydro projects, with a hydroelectric generation capacity of more than 100 megawatts.
Azerbaijan and Georgia intend to jointly export electricity to the Islamic Republic of Iran, Azerbaijani Industry and Energy Minister Natig Aliyev was quoted by Trend News as saying.
"This is one of our most important projects and 500-kilovolt power line is already constructed to implement it," he said, stressing that after the construction of the line, Azerbaijan and Georgia will be able to supply electricity to Turkey and Iran.
In turn, Georgian Prime Minister Nika Gilauri confirmed that the Georgian side has already engaged in the construction of a powerline of which only 18 kilometers remained to be completed.
"This is a very important project, which will give us the opportunity to export surplus power, mainly in summer," he said.
Iran plans to build a hydropower plant in Georgia and seeks to import electricity from the former Soviet republic.
Iranian officials said they not only want to import hydropower from Georgia but also are interested in developing wind energy investments there, reports indicate.
Recently, Ecuador and Iran agreed to construct hydroelectric projects in Ecuador.
The countries plan to build a trio of hydro projects, with a hydroelectric generation capacity of more than 100 megawatts.
© Iran Daily 2010
