Iran plans to import 1 GW of energy to Pakistan

Iran and Pakistan signed a number of contracts in the field of

electricity. Last year, exports of Iranian electricity to Pakistan doubled,

and another power line with a voltage of 230 kV will be put into

operation in the near future.

One of the most important joint Iranian-Pakistani projects is the

construction of a power line connecting the city of Iranian Zahedan to

Quetta in Pakistan.

The director of the External Relations Department of the Ministry of

Energy of Iran, Abdolhamid Behbudi Fard, said that the voltage of the transmission line will be

500 kV, and it will deliver one thousand

megawatts of electricity, Iran News reports.

Earlier, Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Behzad said that with the

construction of power plants in the province of Sistan and Baluchestan

with capacities of 1.5 MW and a 700-kilometre transmission line that

will connect Zahedan and Quetta, conditions will be created for the

export of 1 MW of electricity to Pakistan .