BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 15. Iran and Afghanistan are gearing up to team up on building wind farms along the border of both nations, executive director of the Iranian Electricity Generation, Transmission, and Distribution Company (TAVANIR) Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi said, Trend reports.
According to him, the border between the two countries is home to unique wind tunnels that are used for the construction of wind farms. Taking this into account, the two countries are interested in developing cooperation in the field of wind energy.
Rajabi Mashhadi noted that in order to develop electric transport lines between the two countries, a program is being developed for the investment of active and potential domestic and foreign companies.
He added that the electricity exchange between Iran and Afghanistan started in 2002 and is still ongoing. Iran exports electricity to Afghanistan during off-peak times.
The official noted that Iran has timely paid the funds for electricity exports to Afghanistan.
The potential of Iran's 3-4 power transmission lines to Afghanistan is a total of 175 megawatt hours.
To note, Iran's electricity production potential is 93,455 megawatts. The production potential of Iran's thermal power plants is 76,257 megawatts, the production potential of hydroelectric power plants is 12,144 megawatts, the production potential of retail power plants is 2,485 megawatts, the production potential of renewable power plants is 1,300 megawatts, the production potential of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is 1,020 megawatts, and the production potential of diesel units is 408 megawatts.