electricity

2025-08-23 16:10

Small, medium-sized industries to add 250MW of electricity to national grid by next March

TEHRAN- Small and medium-sized industries will add 250 megawatts (MW) of electricity to the national grid by the end of current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2026), according to the head of the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO).

2025-06-10 14:23

Industries ready to add 895MW of thermal power to national grid in summer

TEHRAN - Iran's aluminum producer Almahdi connected the second 183-megawatt unit of its thermal power plant to the national electricity grid on Monday, a senior official said, as part of a broader push by energy-intensive industries to boost self-supplied power generation.

2025-03-08 13:36

Electricity consumption rises 7% year-on-year

TEHRAN – Iran's peak electricity demand reached 47,902 megawatts on March 1, marking a seven percent increase compared to the same period last year, according to the country's Power Network Performance Analysis Group.

2024-12-23 17:47

Energy imbalance challenges highlighted at TCCIMA meeting

TEHRAN - Alireza Kolahi Samadi, head of the Industry Committee at the Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines, and Agriculture (TCCIMA), stated that $35 billion is required to address power shortages and modernize the country’s electricity grid.

Israel is destroying infrastructure in Jenin

2024-09-01 15:21

Israeli siege cuts off water, power in Jenin

The UN human rights office has issued a statement accusing Israel of “unlawful killings” and wreaking “enormous destruction” in the Jenin refugee camp, which is home to about 11,000 Palestinians.

2024-08-07 16:55

Electricity consumption in Iran rises 6,000 MW

TEHRAN - Electricity consumption in Iran has increased by 6,000 megawatts (MW) in the current Iranian year (started on March 20) compared to the previous year, Head of Iran's Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company (known as Tavanir) Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi said.

2024-07-06 15:25

Renewables share of electricity generation rises by 28%

TEHRAN – The electricity generated by renewable sources increased by 28 percent in the third Iranian calendar month (ended on June 20) compared to the same month last year, ISNA reported.

2024-06-26 12:47

Iran’s power generation up 13.5% during president Raisi’s administration

TEHRAN - 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.