Tehran Times reported that the power generation capacity of Iran's hydroelectric power plants stands currently at 9.5 GW. The actual output of the power plants is 7.6 GW.
In October, Mr Majid Salehi MD of Iran Power Development Company said that Iran's national power generation capacity will be boosted by around 4GW by the third calendar month of Tir (June 21-July 21) next year.
He said that 20 power plants with the total output of 9.5GW are projected to be built. Some IRR 40 trillion will be allocated to the projects in the first phase. The projects are scheduled to be completed by March 2015.
Mr Majid Namjou energy minister of Iran has said that Iran's power generation capacity is currently about 67GW. The Energy Ministry plans to increase the electricity generation capacity by 5 GW this calendar year.
He said that by the end of the Fifth Five Year Economic Development Plan (March 2016), Iran will boost its electricity generation capacity by 25 GW to reach 73 GW. Iran currently trades power with Turkey, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iraq.
