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2020-02-12 19:00
Over $7.8b worth of energy projects to be inaugurated by mid-March
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said on Tuesday 330 trillion rials (about $7.85 billion) worth of major energy projects are going to be inaugurated across the country by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March, 19).
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2020-02-02 18:10
133 major energy projects inaugurated across Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said on Saturday that 133 major energy projects have been inaugurated across the country in recent months, IRNA reported, citing the portal of the Energy Ministry (Paven).
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2020-01-22 14:10
Nearly 4,300 electricity projects inaugurated across Iran in a week
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Ministry inaugurated 4,297 development projects worth 20 trillion rials (about $476 million) in the 13th week of the implementation of a major program called “A B Iran”, IRNA reported, quoting the Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian.
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2020-01-20 14:35
‘Completion of Sistan-Baluchestan dam projects to be accelerated’
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said the completion of two dam projects in the flood-stricken Sistan-Baluchestan province in southeastern Iran will be accelerated, IRNA reported.
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2020-01-12 15:18
Iran manages to save $1.6b worth of electricity in summer peak period
TEHRAN – Head of Iran’s Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Management Company, known as Tavanir, said by applying consumption management programs the Energy Ministry managed to prevent the consumption of 70 trillion rials (about $1.66 billion) worth of electricity during the summer peak period, IRNA reported.
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2019-12-30 16:57
Energy minister inaugurates 2 small-scale power plants in southeastern Iran
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian inaugurated, on Monday, two small-scale power plants with a total capacity of 58 megawatts (MW) in Rafsanjan city in the southeastern province of Kerman.
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2019-12-27 14:25
NIDC digs 88 oil, gas wells in 9 months
TEHRAN- National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) dug and completed digging operation of 88 oil and gas wells during the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-December 21), Shana reported.
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2019-12-27 14:24
15 water projects inaugurated in northern Iran
TEHRAN – Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian inaugurated 15 water projects worth 60.4 billion rials (about $1.5 million) in the northern province of Gilan during a visit on Thursday.
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2019-12-24 16:55
Numerous water, electricity projects inaugurated in northeastern Iran
TEHRAN - Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian inaugurated 18 water and electricity projects worth 95.4 trillion rials (about $227 million) on Tuesday during his one-day visit to the northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi, IRNA reported.
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2019-12-11 14:39
3000MW to be added to Iran’s power generation capacity by March 2020
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says the country’s power generation capacity is going to be increased by 3000 megawatts (MW) by the end of the current calendar year (March 19, 2020).
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2019-12-10 14:02
‘Iranian electricity industry expanding presence in region’
TERHAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said the country’s power industry is expanding its activities in the region’s markets, the portal of the Energy Ministry (Paven) reported.
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2019-12-06 16:40
RCUWM-Tehran to increase Iran’s role in region’s water projects
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said the UNESCO Regional Centre on Urban Water Management (RCUWM-Tehran) has offered new solutions for increasing the role of regional companies, including Iranian firms, in water and energy projects.
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2019-12-06 14:07
Iran to cooperate in renovating Syria’s water, wastewater networks
TEHRAN – Iran, and Syria signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Thursday for cooperation in renovating Syria’s water and wastewater networks, IRNA reported.
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2019-11-27 15:17
Russia to loan Iran $2.8b upon previous agreements
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said Russia, which has already provided Iran with $2.2 billion of facilities, is going to give another $2.8 billion to fulfill a late-2015 agreement for a $5-billion loan.
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2019-11-22 15:11
Tehran, Moscow stress expansion of all-out ties
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian and his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak met in Moscow on Thursday and stressed expansion of ties in all areas, IRNA reported.
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2019-11-20 17:14
Energy minister to visit Moscow for pursuing Russia’s $5b loan to Iran
TEHRAN- Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said that he will leave Tehran for Moscow on Thursday to follow up the issue of Russia’s allocation of $5 billion of loan for implementation of development projects in Iran.
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2019-11-03 19:59
Energy, labor ministries team up for $4.5b job creation plans
TEHRAN – The Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Cooperatives, Labor, and Social Welfare have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for implementing projects worth 192.81 trillion rials (about $4.59 billion) aimed to create 23,600 job opportunities across the country.
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2019-11-01 16:33
Syria calls for Iran’s contribution to its electricity projects
TEHRAN - Syrian Minister of Electricity, Mohammad Zuheir Kharboutli called for participation of Iranian companies in his country’s major electricity projects, IRIB reported.
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2019-10-19 17:54
Iran capable of boosting electricity exports to Afghanistan
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said the country is cable of boosting its electricity exports to Afghanistan under the framework of the two sides’ energy agreements, IRIB reported on Saturday.
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2019-10-13 17:37
Iran unveils online power plant monitoring system
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian unveiled the first phase of a system for online monitoring of the country’s power plants, portal of the ministry (Paven) reported on Sunday.
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2019-10-09 17:20
227 water, electricity projects to be inaugurated by March 2020
TEHRAN- Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said 227 major water and electricity projects worth 331.74 trillion rials (about $7.89 billion) will be inaugurated in the country in the second half of the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 19, 2020), IRIB reported.
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2019-10-04 18:56
220 water, electricity projects to be inaugurated by March 2020
TEHRAN- Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said on Thursday that 220 major water and electricity projects will be inaugurated in the country by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 19, 2020), Mehr news agency reported.
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2019-10-02 20:06
EAEU gives Iran 3 years to become a permanent member
TEHRAN – The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), of which Iran became a temporary member in 2018, has given the Islamic Republic a three-year time to become a permanent member of the union, Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said.
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2019-09-27 19:21
Iran constructing power plant in Syria’s Latakia
TEHRAN - Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said on Wednesday that Iran’s Mapna Group has started construction of a major power plant in Syria’s Latakia, Press TV reported.
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2019-09-17 19:09
Tehran, Ankara discuss resumption of electricity trade
TEHRAN - Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian discussed resumption of electricity trade between Iran and Turkey, with his Turkish counterpart Fatih Dönmez in a meeting in Ankara on Monday, the portal of Iran's Energy Ministry (known as Paven) reported.
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2019-09-07 19:18
Iran, Afghanistan to accelerate electricity co-op: Iranian energy min.
TEHRAN- Iran and Afghanistan have agreed to accelerate their cooperation in the electricity sector through setting up a joint taskforce, Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian told IRNA in an interview on Saturday.
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2019-09-03 18:54
Iran, Russia stress implementation of joint projects
TEHRAN - Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian and his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak stressed accelerating the implementation of the two countries’ joint projects in a meeting in Moscow on Monday.
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2019-08-30 19:39
Renewable power plants’ output tops 3.5b Kwh: energy minister
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said on Wednesday that the country’s renewable power plants have so far produced over 3.5 billion kilowatt hours (Kwh) of electricity, preventing the production of over 2.461 million tons of greenhouse gases.
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2019-08-25 19:35
10 major dams to go operational by yearend
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said 10 major dams are going to be inaugurated in nine provinces across the country by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 19, 2020).
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2019-08-20 21:13
Iran to repair Afghanistan’s power plant turbines
TEHRAN - Iran is going to repair two turbines at Afghanistan’s power plants in the near future, head of Iran Power Plant Repairs Company, Einollah Salehi, said.
