TEHRAN: Iranian-built wind power plants to become operational inArme

Iranian-built wind power plants to become operational in Armenia soon

Mehr News, Iran
April 3 2005

TEHRAN, May 3 (MNA) – Wind power plants built and installed by Iranian
specialists in Armenia’s soil will become operational by the end of
June, this year.

Being first of their kind built in the transcaucasian state, the
four power plants have cost the country about 3.5 million dollars,
the report noted.

Also, Iran will soon start another electricity project in Azerbaijan
Republic which consists of the installation of 315 kilometers of
transmission lines of power along with the related power stations
in the Caspian Sea littoral state, the project is estimated to cost
about 75 million dollars.

Iran is currently exporting electricity and industrial electricity
equipments to Azerbaijan, Armenia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Pakistan,
Afghanistan and Iraq. Economic cooperation between Iran and some of the
countries in the region are carried out on the basis of barter trade.