Iraqi authorities have reported a major increase in the supply of natural gas from neighboring Iran two days after the Arab country settled nearly $1.7 billion of arrears it owed Iran for previous gas imports, according to a report by Iraq’s NINA news agency.
News ID: 10788 Publish Date : 2022/06/22
The first gas unit of Mahtab Kavir Power Plant in southeastern Kerman Province has been connected to the national grid with a capacity of 162 megawatts (MW), as the country approaches the peak summer period, IRNA reported.
News ID: 10767 Publish Date : 2022/06/14
Iran’s thermal power plants generated 324 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20) to register an eight-percent rise compared to the preceding year, an official with the Thermal Power Plants Holding (TPPH) announced.
News ID: 10654 Publish Date : 2022/04/17
Iranian Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian says the country has plans to add some 6 gigawatts (GW) of electricity to the power generation capacity so that it will be able to meet demand in summer peak days.
News ID: 10603 Publish Date : 2022/04/06
Iran is currently exporting 110 megawatts (MW) of electricity to Afghanistan on a daily basis, Deputy Energy Minister for International Affairs Mohammad-Ali Farahnakian announced.
News ID: 10527 Publish Date : 2022/01/10
Solar power plants across Iran managed to generate 455.28 megawatts (MW) of electricity in the previous Iranian calendar month (November 22-December 21, 2021), accounting for 50.38 percent of the total electricity generated by renewable sources in the country.
News ID: 10526 Publish Date : 2022/01/10
Generating electricity from renewable sources prevented the emission of Green House Gases (GHG) in Iran by 61,000 tons during the ninth Iranian calendar month Azar (November 22-December 21, 2021).
News ID: 10521 Publish Date : 2022/01/10
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between Industry, Mine and Trade Ministry and Energy Ministry aimed at construction of 10,000MW new power plant capacity in Industry and mine sector.
News ID: 10445 Publish Date : 2021/10/16
Iran’s thermal power plants generated over 173 million megawatt-hours of electricity since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21) up to September 15, registering a nine-percent rise compared to the previous year’s same period.
News ID: 10395 Publish Date : 2021/09/15
Iranian Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry has held a seminar on the steel industry’s electricity-related challenges in collaboration with the Energy Ministry and the Iranian Steel Producers Association (ISPA).
News ID: 10361 Publish Date : 2021/09/07
Iranian Energy Ministry's Spokesman for Electricity Industry Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi announced that over 10 million subscribers have been covered by the free electricity program since the third Iranian calendar month Khordad (May 22).
News ID: 10358 Publish Date : 2021/09/07
Managing Director of Iran’s Thermal Power Plant Holding (TPPH) Mohsen Tarztalab has said the Energy Ministry is going to face serious problems in meeting electricity demand in the cold season if fuel is not supplied for power plants, IRNA reported.
News ID: 10351 Publish Date : 2021/09/04
Pakistan is looking to increase electricity imports from Iran to 70 megawatts (MW) to meet the power needs in its under-development Gwadar port, Pakistani news outlets reported.
News ID: 10307 Publish Date : 2021/08/26
Capital Tehran accounts for 15 percent of Iran’s total electricity consumption, an official with the country’s Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company (known as Tavanir) announced.
News ID: 10289 Publish Date : 2021/08/15
The United States has allowed Iraq to continue to import gas and electricity from Iran until the start of December as part of Washington’s temporary waivers from sanctions imposed on Iran since 2018.
News ID: 10273 Publish Date : 2021/08/07
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."
News ID: 10264 Publish Date : 2021/08/04
President Hassan Rouhani, on Sunday, inaugurated 13 major water and electricity projects valued at 47.76 trillion rials (about $1.13 billion) in Kordestan and North Khorasan provinces through video conference.
News ID: 10095 Publish Date : 2021/01/31
Some 23 water and electricity projects worth 6.86 trillion rials (about $163.33 million) were put into operation in four provinces through video conference.
News ID: 10067 Publish Date : 2021/01/27
Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said his ministry’s program for rewarding efficient electricity subscribers with a 100 percent discount on their bills is expected to be implemented as of the next Iranian calendar month (begins on October 22), IRNA reported.
News ID: 9933 Publish Date : 2020/09/30
Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian and Qatari Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi held an online meeting to discuss joining the two countries' electricity networks via sea, Iran’s Energy Ministry portal (Paven) reported on Monday.
News ID: 9914 Publish Date : 2020/09/28
