Kurdistan Region keen to use Iranian electrical knowhow, technology

Managing Director of Iran’s Kurdistan Regional Power Company Lahounian made the announced on Saturday in an expert-level meeting held with the director general of Sulamani Electricity Company and added, “Iraqi side is fully aware of high quality of Iranian electrical parts and equipment and intends to import these products into the country from Iraq.”
Quality of Iran’s electrical parts and equipment is unique of its kind in the region, he said, adding, “electrical authorities of Iraqi’s Sulaimani province have come to this conclusion that quality of Iranian goods observe requirements of international criteria and standards.”
In the first phase, 200 megawatt electricity will be exported to Iraqi’s KRG and Sulaimani, expandable to 900 megawatts in future, Lahounian highlighted.
He pointed to the development of power industry ties between Kurdistan Regional Power Company and Iraqi’s KRG in the field of taking advantage of high capacities and potentials of the two parties and added, “planning is underway to lead activities of power industry towards economizing, reducing costs and engineering fields.”
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