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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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2024-05-25 14:39
Iran to use AI to improve electricity generation
TEHRAN – Iran’s Niroo Research Institute (NRI), an institute affiliated with the Energy Ministry, is taking serious measures to introduce Artificial intelligence (AI) into the country’s electricity sector.
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2023-10-30 16:16
Solar panels to provide nomads with electricity
TEHRAN - The government has implemented a project to provide nomadic households with electricity via the use of solar panels.
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2023-08-05 15:02
First waste-to-energy plant in northern Iran
The first waste-to-energy plant in northern Iran was inaugurated in December 2020 in the city of Noshahr.
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2022-11-20 17:37
Tehran hosting 9 countries in IEE 2022
TEHRAN - Thee 22nd Iran International Electricity Exhibition (IEE 2022) kicked off at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds on Sunday.
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2022-10-12 18:59
‘Generating 88,000MW electricity is Iran’s privilege in SCO’
TEHRAN - The Deputy Minister of Energy for Electricity and Energy Affairs said generating 88,000 megawatts (MW) of electricity by the Islamic Republic of Iran is an advantage that the country brings for the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
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2022-08-10 12:13
Peak electricity consumption exceeds 69,000 MW
TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian has said the peak demand for electricity in the country has reached 69,278 megawatts (MW) during the summer, indicating a five percent increase compared to the highest demand for electricity in the previous year which was 67,000 MW, IRNA reported.
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2022-05-28 15:16
Electricity consumption falls over 3 GW as govt. management programs pay off
TEHRAN - Daily electricity consumption in Iran stood at 45,333 megawatts (45.333 gigawatts) on Friday, indicating a decrease of 3,573 MW compared to the figure for the same date in the previous year, IRNA reported.