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2024/08/13
By M.A. Saki
New energy minister must focus on renewables
TEHRAN - In a meeting with legislators sitting on the Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Committee on Monday, the proposed energy minister, Abbas Ali-Abadi, elaborated on his plan to increase electricity production, if he gets the necessary votes from the parliamentarians to take over the ministerial position.
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2024-07-29 15:53
Renewables share of electricity generation to reach 15%
TEHRAN - Head of Iran's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (SATBA) has said 600 renewable power plants with a total capacity of 13,500 megawatts (MW) are under construction across the country after completion which the share of renewables in the Iran’s power generation will reach 15 percent.
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2023-06-07 16:15
Major industries constructing 5,600 MW of new power plants
TEHRAN - Iranian Energy Ministry's Spokesman for Electricity Industry Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi has said the country’s major industries are currently constructing new power plants with a total capacity of 5,600 megawatts (MW) across the country, IRNA reported.
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2022-04-29 13:46
Permits issued for construction of solar farms with 4GW capacity
TEHRAN- Iran’s Energy Ministry issued permits for the construction of solar farms with the capacity of four gigawatts (GW) across the country, Fars news agency reported.
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2022-03-02 13:30
Energy minister meets scholars, experts to discuss water issues
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian met with some of the country’s well-known scientists, scholars and experts active in the field of energy on Wednesday to discuss various issues related to water as well as electricity sector, the portal of the ministry Paven reported.
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2021-12-17 13:28
Electricity consumption up 6%
TEHRAN- The consumption of electricity in Iran has risen six percent in the current year’s autumn as compared to the same season in the past year, Energy Ministry's Spokesman for Electricity Industry Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi announced.
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2021-08-03 10:36
18,000 MW power generation deficit possible in next 5 years
TEHRAN- The managing director of Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH) has stated, “Based on the forecast, the country's electricity consumption will reach about 78,000 megawatts (MW) by the next five years, which according to the current amount of electricity generation, we will face a deficit of 18,000 MW in this field."