Iran, Turkey to Build Power Plants http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9002210875

Tehran and Ankara plan to jointly build several power plants with a total daily power generation capacity of 20,000MW, Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Behzad announced on Wednesday.Behzad made the remarks elaborating on the results of a recent visit by an Iranian delegation headed by Energy Minister Majid Namjou to Turkey."It was decided during the negotiations that the two countries build thermal power plants and also power plants which use renewable energies with the capacity of 6,000 to 10,000MW. 

"They also decided to build hydro-electrical power plants with the capacity of 10,000MW," he explained. He added that during the meetings, the two sides decided to set up a new 400KW transfer line while boosting and reinvigorating the domestic power grids of each country. "Also, they decided to form a group to see if it is possible to boost the two countries' power transmission capacity to 1,200MW," Behzad added.Iran and Turkey have in recent years increased their cooperation in all the various fields of economy, security, trade, education, energy and culture.

The two sides have exchanged several politico-economic delegations during the last few months.Turkish President Abdullah Gul in a meeting with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in February underlined the need for the removal of obstacles to the further expansion of bilateral economic ties with Iran in a bid to boost trade cooperation between the two countries. "The level of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries does not suit the age-old ties of the two nations and we should remove the obstacles to the development of mutual cooperation between Iran and Turkey," Gul said at the time.

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"The volume of trade between Iran, Turkey, Syria and Iraq has currently reached around $40 billion a year, which might increase to $200 billion with the ShamGen project.