Energy diplomacy Iran-Turkmenistan electricity exchange on government agenda / The country’s electricity industry gateway to Eurasia

According to the economic correspondent of Fars News Agency, the activation of energy diplomacy in the 13th government promises to move in one of the most correct ways of development of the country based on energy. The geopolitical position of the country along with valuable energy resources in the world has always created the capacity for the country to become one of the centers of production and transit of energy carriers in the region and thus gain valuable power to play in international supply. This issue has been less considered by the country’s decision-makers in recent decades due to the lack of strategic vision and corridor development.

In this regard, the negligence of energy authorities in previous governments to activate the capacity of energy diplomacy has led to the loss of many opportunities in this area and some of the valuable opportunities available. However, the activity of the first months of the thirteenth government, focusing on the development of energy diplomacy based on the priorities of the countries in the region, indicates a change in the policy direction towards the path of maximum interaction in the field of energy with neighboring countries.

Despite the importance of energy diplomacy, Fars News Agency, by explaining the main axes of this field in the form of “energy diplomacy” case, carefully examines the country’s capacity and opportunities for the development of diplomacy with the priority of countries in the region.

* The latest details of the state of Turkmenistan’s electricity network

Accordingly, one of the main destinations for the development of economic diplomacy relations with the priority of energy diplomacy is the northeastern neighbor of Turkmenistan.

Turkmenistan, with a population of over 6 million, is located in northeastern Iran and has many cultural and religious commonalities between the people of Iran and Turkmenistan. The country’s vast natural gas reserves are known as the Republic of Gas, and Turkmenistan is currently the twelfth largest producer of gas in the world with an annual production of nearly 70 billion cubic meters. have.

Turkmenistan’s energy carriers are not limited to natural gas, and the country’s electricity situation is favorable to its population. According to the latest published reports on the electricity situation in Turkmenistan, with a nominal capacity of 7,000 MW, the country covers more than 99% of its urban and rural population for access to electricity.

Nearly 100 percent of Turkmenistan’s electricity comes from fossil fuels such as natural gas, and less than 2 megawatts of its installed capacity depends on hydropower plants located in dams.

In addition, 31.8% of Turkmenistan’s electricity is used to supply agriculture, 36% to industry, 2.6% to transportation, and the remaining 21.6% to Turkmenistan’s electricity.

* Win-win game connecting Iran and Turkmenistan power grid

Given the state of the Iran-Turkmenistan power grid, the exchange of electricity between the two countries could be the start of a win-win game. Accordingly, when the power grids of the two countries are connected to each other, a significant part of each country’s problems can be solved depending on the power of the other side’s grid.

The analysis of this issue depends on the issue of peak load difference. In fact, the different climates of the two countries, due to being in different orbits and also the difference in the available time, cause the time required to supply the peak load to be different. This is the case when Turkmenistan needs electricity to supply it from the country’s nearly 90,000 MW grid, and on the other hand, when Iran needs electricity, Turkmenistan’s 7,000 MW surplus capacity to exchange grids. Electricity of the country. This win-win economic game can help the two countries to meet the need for electricity during peak hours without adding electricity generation infrastructure.

According to Fars, meeting the electricity needs at different peak loads of the two countries is just one of the countless benefits of connecting Iran and Turkmenistan. In fact, given that Turkmenistan, in addition to its common neighbors with Iran, Afghanistan, also borders Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, the connection of the electricity network between Iran and this country can prepare the ground for the connection of the country’s electricity network to the countries of the Eurasian region, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. Also provide. In other words, Turkmenistan can be considered the gateway to Iran’s electricity industry to enter the Eurasian market.

* Telephone call of 2 ministers to develop energy diplomacy

Given the growing importance of developing energy diplomacy, especially in the electricity sector with Turkmenistan, yesterday the Minister of Energy during a telephone call with the Deputy Prime Minister for Civil Affairs, Energy and Water and Electricity of Turkmenistan to discuss bilateral cooperation in the field of electricity Commented.

In a telephone conversation between Minister of Energy Ali Akbar Mehrabian and Deputy Prime Minister for Civil Affairs, Energy and Water and Electricity of Turkmenistan Charimrad Porchkov, the two sides emphasized the good relations between the two countries in the field of electricity, ways to further develop electric cooperation in electricity exchange. Examined and emphasized the export of technical and engineering services for Iranian electrical goods to Turkmenistan, as well as the development of electricity networks between the two countries.

In this telephone conversation, the two sides stressed the importance of new ways of cooperation due to the will and actions of the new government based in Iran and stressed the need to implement important agreements between the two presidents during the SCO summit in Tajikistan and the summit. Economic cooperation in Turkmenistan expressed hope that during the forthcoming face-to-face meetings with each other, the decisions would be finalized and preparations made for their implementation.

* Iran-Turkmenistan electricity exchange corridor should be on the agenda

According to Fars, the good relationship between the electricity industry of Iran and Turkmenistan is not relevant now, and this good relationship has existed in previous years. Accordingly, according to Turkmen media reports in 2006, more than 55% of electricity exported by Turkmens to Iran.

Also, in the past, the Merv-Mashhad 400 kV transmission line project was one of the important projects that provided the corridor connection between Iran and Turkmenistan. According to the Turkmen Vice President, a 150-kilometer transmission line from Turkmenistan’s Mero power plant to the city of Sarakhs and then a 15-kilometer 400-kilowatt transmission line from Sarakhsh to the Iranian border were to be installed at two sites. To be constructed.

Accordingly, the development of this line can be considered as the prelude to the current negotiations between the governments of Iran and Turkmenistan for the development of the electricity network and provide the ground for the benefit of active energy diplomacy for both parties.

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