Power generation in Iran’s thermal power plants has exceeded 1.1 billion kilowatt-hours per day, said a deputy manager at Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company.
Electricity use in Iran has peaked to an annual high of 50 megawatts (MW) per hour as authorities expect the consumption to rise in the coming days with a warm spell driving up cooling demand across the country.
Iran has launched a major power plant in its largest island in the Persian Gulf amid efforts to boost investment in the region.
A senior official at National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) announced on Tuesday that five other power plants are planned to be connected to country’s gas network this year (to end March 20, 2023).
Iran remained the single largest provider of energy subsidies across the globe in 2020.
Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) said steel and cement factories can operate from 12:00 midnight to 8:00 am and cut their electricity consumption by half.
The Iranian government has decided to significantly reduce electricity supplies to industries as it struggles to minimize power outages in large cities during the current summer heat wave.
Iran is using limited supplies of electricity from neighboring Azerbaijan to prevent a recurrence of brief power cuts that surprised the households in large cities last month.
Iranian and Russian companies are to kick off construction works for a jointly-financed power plant project on June 10 in southern Iran.
Iran’s Energy Ministry says electricity production capacity in the country rose by 2.2 percent in the year to late March to reach a total of 85.313 gigawatts (GW).