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Interconnector
Afghanistan – Iran interconnection (planned)
5th-largest interconnector in Afghanistan of 6 · top 78% worldwide (#547 of 704)
- Status
- proposed
- Capacity
- 325 MW
- Length
- 1,621 km
- Connects to
- Iran
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · Afghanistan · 6 ranked
- #1Afghanistan – Turkmenistan interconnection (planned)1.0 GW
- #3Afghanistan – Turkmenistan interconnection400 MW
- #4Afghanistan – Tajikistan interconnection350 MW
- #5Afghanistan – Iran interconnection (planned)325 MW
- #6Afghanistan – Iran interconnection175 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Afghanistan – Iran interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 175 MW
- Armenia – Iran interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 350 MW
- Azerbaijan – Iran interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 670 MW
- Imidro Azimi power plant3.2 km · Power Plant · 500 MW · gas
- Besat power station6.3 km · Power Plant · 249 MW · gas
- 400 kV line7.4 km · Transmission Line
- Ahwaz–Ray Oil Pipeline10 km · Pipeline
- Isfahan–Ray Oil Pipelines10 km · Pipeline
- پست برق12 km · Substation / Converter
- Tehran Refinery16 km · Refinery · 250 kb/d
- Tehran Cement Plant17 km · Cement Plant
- Tehran-Tabriz Crude Oil Pipeline — 2nd Section17 km · Pipeline
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It's reported that as of 2022 trade potential between both countries is set at 175 MW with plans existing to boost electricity exchange to a capacity of 500-600 MW. The planned capacities (no year mentioned) are therefore set at 500 MW (lower end estimate) minus the existing 175 MW = 325 MW.
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)