President Opens Major Power Projects in Khuzestan
The government opened a series of major electricity projects in the energy-rich province of Khuzestan in its southwest amid plans to boost business activity in the region.
Energy Ministry cuts off power of 4 govt. entities
Iranian Energy Ministry's Spokesman for Electricity Industry Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi said the ministry has cut the power of four major government entities for violation of consumption criteria set by the ministry.
Iran: Electricity Generation Capacity Added
Iran has added 464 megawatts (MW) to its electricity generation capacity by upgrading the gas units of power plants.
Power Out After Hurricane Isaias Hits US East Coast
Hundreds of thousands of people are without power after Hurricane Isaias made landfall in the US.
Bushehr Nuclear Plant Reconnected to National Grid
The Bushehr nuclear power plant in southern Iran has been reconnected to the national grid after periodic maintenance and fuel reloading, head of the plant said.
Iran ranks 14th for power plant capacity: Minister
Iran ranks 14th in the world in terms of power plant capacity despite the unilateral sanctions imposed by Washington on Tehran, said the energy minister.
Iran to renovate Afghanistan’s turbines
The CEO of Iran Power Plant Repairs Co. Einollah Salehi said that Iran is going to renovate two turbines in Afghanistan in the shortest possible time.
$2.4bn of investments made in power industry in 6 years
Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian announced on Sunday that during the past six years, some 230 trillion rials (about $2.4 billion) of investments have been made on power and electricity industry.
Iran’s defense power not containable
The Deputy Commander of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) hailed Iran’s technological achievements in defense, stressing that the country’s defense capabilities are neither “negotiable” nor “containable”. Speaking on the sidelines of an IRGC exhibition of the latest defense technologies on Wednesday in Tehran, Brigadier General Hossein Salami underlined that Iran has reached a point […]
Construction of over 2,000MW new power plants underway
TEHRAN – Construction operation of more than 2,000 megawatts new power plants has started in the country since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year in 1396 (started March 21, 2017). Deputy Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH) for Planning Affairs Hamid-Reza Azimi made the above remark and added: “According to the Clause 6 […]