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boosting electricity output by 40GW in 4 years 22 Aug 2021

boosting electricity output by 40GW in 4 years

President Raisi’s proposed Energy Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian plans to boost the country’s power generation capacity by 35-40 gigawatts (GW) over the next four years, the deputy head of the Iranian Parliament’s Energy Committee told IRNA on Sunday.

Daily electricity demand in Iran tops 65,000 MW 27 Jul 2021

Daily electricity demand in Iran tops 65,000 MW

Daily electricity consumption in Iran is currently over 65,000 megawatts (65 gigawatts), nearly 11,000 MW more than the country’s current power generation, Iranian Energy Ministry's Spokesman for Electricity Industry Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi has said.

Iranian Industrial parks lack 8GW of electricity 17 Jul 2021

Iranian Industrial parks lack 8GW of electricity

The deputy head of Iran Small Industries and Industrial Parks Organization (ISIPO) has said the country’s industrial parks currently lack 8,000 megawatts (MW) [eight gigawatts] of electricity which could be provided through small-scale power plants.

Iran rises electricity imports from neighbors 12 Jul 2021

Iran rises electricity imports from neighbors

Iranian Energy Ministry's Spokesman for Electricity Industry Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi said the country has increased the electricity imports from three neighboring countries to offset the surge in domestic demand, IRNA reported.

Cabinet approves new directives for managing electricity outages 11 Jul 2021

Cabinet approves new directives for managing electricity outages

Iran’s First Vice President Es’haq Jahangiri on Saturday announced the cabinet’s new resolution for organizing systematic power outages for the household and commercial units and to prevent blackouts in the country, IRNA reported.

178m Kwh of electricity generated from renewable sources in a month 04 Jul 2021

178m Kwh of electricity generated from renewable sources in a month

Iranian renewable power plants generated 178 million kilowatt-hours (Kwh) of electricity in the third month of the current Iranian calendar year (May 22- June 21), IRNA reported.

Renewables account for generating 8% of electricity in South Khorasan 28 Jun 2021

Renewables account for generating 8% of electricity in South Khorasan

About eight percent of Iran’s western South Khorasan province’s electricity comes from renewable sources, and there are currently 456 solar farms in the province that generate 23 megawatts (MW) of electricity, according to a provincial official.

Iran’s Electricity Imports Up by 1.8 Times 27 Jun 2021

Iran’s Electricity Imports Up by 1.8 Times

  Spokesman for Electricity Industry Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi says this year the import of electricity will be 1.8 times more than last year and the country imports electricity from Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan.

Water, electricity projects worth nearly $215m inaugurated in 8 provinces 23 Jun 2021

Water, electricity projects worth nearly $215m inaugurated in 8 provinces

Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian on Wednesday inaugurated 24 major water and electricity industry projects valued at 9.028 trillion rials (about $214.9 million) through video conference in eight provinces.

4,800MW capacity of new power plants under construction in Iran 12 Jun 2021

4,800MW capacity of new power plants under construction in Iran

Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said on Thursday that 12 power plants with a total capacity of 4,800 megawatts (MW) are currently under construction across the country, IRIB reported.