16.12.2011, 00:05
Pakistan hat einen massiv steigenden Strombedarf bzw leidet bereits an Unterversorgung. Aserbaidschan will nun Strom via Iran nach Pakistan exportieren.
Zitat:Swap arrangement: Azerbaijan offers power export to Pakistan<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://tribune.com.pk/story/305320/swap-arrangement-azerbaijan-offers-power-export-to-pakistan/">http://tribune.com.pk/story/305320/swap ... -pakistan/</a><!-- m -->
By Zafar Bhutta
Published: December 12, 2011
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Sources told The Express Tribune that Azerbaijan would export electricity to Iran to meet its demand and in return, Iran would transmit the same volume of electricity to Pakistan under the swap arrangement.
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“There is a possibility that the swap arrangement could be successful with Iran to import electricity from Azerbaijan since Pakistan is already working on a mega-electricity-import project with Iran,” an official said.
Sources maintained that the other proposal tabled was that Iran could be asked to set up a power plant at the Pak-Iran border to provide electricity to Pakistan against the power that it would import from Azerbaijan under the proposed swap arrangement.
“Both arrangements will help save power transmission and distribution losses,” sources said, adding that Pakistan and Azerbaijan will now take up the issue of electricity swap with Iran to move ahead on the proposed deal.
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