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Iran’s mega solar plant to power 2.5 million homes

Iran is racing against time to complete the construction of a massive solar power plant in its central province of Isfahan, a project expected to supply electricity to nearly 2.5 million homes.
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Publish Date:15/December/2025 | 12:01

Iran issues permits for 100,000 MW of solar power projects

Iran has issued construction permits for about 100,000 megawatts of solar power capacity to encourage private sector investment, a senior official at the country’s renewable energy agency said on Sunday.
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Publish Date:14/December/2025 | 21:57

Solar Energy Pivotal to Procure Sustainable Power for Industries

EghtesadOnline: The most effective solution for industries to generate their own electricity and not be at the mercy of the state-run Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) is by investing in solar power projects, the deputy head of the Iranian Renewable Energy Equipment Manufacturers and Suppliers Association said.
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Publish Date:13/February/2022 | 16:47

Industrial Power Tariffs to Rise 400%

EghtesadOnline: All industrial units that consume more than 2 megawatts of electricity per month will be charged 2.5 cents per kilowatt hour as of the next fiscal year (starting March 2022), the head of Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
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Publish Date:06/December/2021 | 15:51

Power Exports Up, Imports Down

EghtesadOnline: As peak summer demand peters out, electricity exports to Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, which were halted to help stabilize power supply in summer, has resumed, a deputy energy minister said.
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Publish Date:16/October/2021 | 14:14

Power Outages Inflict Weekly Losses Worth $235 Million on Steelmakers

EghtesadOnline: Deputy Industries Minister Saeed Zarandi said losses inflicted by power outages on steel mills affiliated to the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization have been estimated to reach $235 million per week.
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Publish Date:08/September/2021 | 14:14

Power Loss in Networks About Half of Household Consumption

EghtesadOnline: The electricity loss in transmission and distribution networks in Iran is about 40 terabyte hours per year, which is equivalent to 43% of the annual electricity consumption in the household sector, the head of Energy Commission of Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture said.
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Publish Date:25/August/2021 | 16:25

Power Outages Inflict Losses on Businesses

EghtesadOnline: Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture says recent power outages have inflicted between 1-5 billion rials ($4,000-20,000) worth of losses on businesses.
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Publish Date:17/July/2021 | 15:11

Cryptomining Shut Amid Summer Power Shortages

EghtesadOnline: In a bid to alleviate the power shortages that have led to rolling blackouts the Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) has told cryptomining units to suspend their activities until further notice.
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Publish Date:23/May/2021 | 13:24

Power Co. Borrows $60m via IRENEX

EghtesadOnline: The state-run Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) offered standard salaf contracts worth 15 trillion rials ($60 million) at the Iran Energy Exchange on Sunday. The contracts were issued by the Gilan Regional Electric Company.
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Publish Date:15/March/2021 | 17:58

Power Tariffs Jump 4 Times for Industries

EghtesadOnline: The Majlis passed a bill last week based on which electricity tariffs for energy-intensive industries, namely cement factories, refineries and petrochemical and steel companies will increase fourfold to 1.6 cents per kilowatt hour.
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Publish Date:08/March/2021 | 19:41

Neka Thermal Power Plant to Use Caspian Sea Water

EghtesadOnline: To reduce water use from depleting underground resources in Mazandaran Province, a desalination unit is set to become operational at Shahid Salimi (Neka) Power Plant in April, head of the power station said.
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Publish Date:17/February/2021 | 20:26

Tavanir: Power Cuts Likely

EghtesadOnline: The state-run Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) says the national grid cannot take loads higher than 40 gigawatts in winter.
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Publish Date:06/January/2021 | 19:31

34% Decline in Purchasing Power of Iranians Over 9 Years

EghtesadOnline: Studies by Majlis Research Center, the research arm of the parliament, show per capita income or average income of the Iranian people saw a 34% decline between the fiscal 2011-12 and fiscal 2019-20.
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Publish Date:06/June/2020 | 24:45

Yazd Power Use Growing in Leaps and Bounds

EghtesadOnline: Power consumption in Yazd Province with a population of around 1.2 million has risen 57 times over the last four decades, managing director of Yazd Regional Electricity Company said.
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Publish Date:16/February/2020 | 05:23

Electrical Efficiency a Long Way Off

EghtesadOnline: An estimated 260 billion kilowatt hours of power is generated annually in Iran, of which 11% or 29 billion kWh is wasted during transmission to end-users and in power stations.
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Publish Date:11/January/2020 | 13:07

Khorasan Razavi Province Boosting Energy Projects

EghtesadOnline: The Energy Ministry has 46 power , water and wastewater projects in cities and villages of Khorasan Razavi Province, the minister said Monday.
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Publish Date:25/December/2019 | 11:58