TEHRAN- As announced by Iran's Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company (known as Tavanir), electricity has been supplied to 20 villages throughout the country since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20).

TAVANIR reported that the number of villages enjoying electricity has reached over 58,800 at the present.

The company has also announced that 102 villages were supplied by electricity in the past Iranian calendar year 1402, and power was supplied to 157 villages in the year 1401, and to 250 villages in the year 1400.

Head of Tavanir Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi has said the country’s Energy Ministry plans to construct new power plants with a total capacity of 22,000 megawatts (MW) across the country.

Stating that in the past three years, up to three billion dollars have been invested annually in the electricity industry, Rajabi Mashhadi said: “the construction of 22,000 megawatts of new power plants, half of which will be renewable, has been targeted.”

According to the official, the mentioned power plants, including 12,000 MW of renewable power plants and 9,000 WM of cycle power plants, should be commissioned within the next three years.

Statistics indicate that Iran’s generation of electricity during the administration of the late President Ebrahim Raisi registered a 13.5 percent growth, with Iran generating more electricity than industrialized countries like the UK and Italy.

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