electricity

Official puts Iran’s thermal power capacity at nearly 73 GW

Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH) says electricity generation capacity from the country’s thermal power plants has reached nearly 73 gigawatts (GW).

Energy

Iran begins linking power grid to Russia

Iran’s Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian says a first step has been taken to synchronize Iranian and Russian electricity grids.

Energy

International Electricity Expo opens in Tehran

The 22nd Iran International Electricity Exhibition kicked off in the capital city of Tehran on Sunday morning.

Mine and Industry

Iran’s power exports exceed 1500 mw/d

Iran is currently exporting between 1500 and 1600 megawatts/day of electricity to foreign countries, according to Arash Kordi, the managing director of Iran Power Generation Transmission and Distribution Company (TAVANIR).

Energy

Iran works on linking national power grid to Russia, SCO states

Iran is working on a major project to link its national power grid with Russia and other members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization through a transmission line in the east of the Caspian Sea, an official said.

Energy

Iran, Turkey to resume electricity exchange after six years

Iran will resume power exchange with Turkey in the near future based on a back-to-back letters of credit system, Iran’s energy minister said.

Energy

Iran’s electricity consumption breaks all-time record

Iran Grid Management Company (IGMC) says the electricity usage in the country has broken an all-time record as scorching heat stretches the power grid to near its limits.

Energy

Iran triples electricity imports to help offset power shortage

Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) is importing at least 700 megawatts of electricity per day from neighboring states, including Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Armenia, to meet the growing electricity demand.

Energy

Iran to generate 58 GW of electricity to meet demand in peak summer days

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.

Energy

US grants Iraq another sanctions waiver to import electricity from Iran

The Biden administration has granted another 120-day waiver to allow Iraq to pay for electricity imports from Iran, a State Department official said Monday.

Energy