EghtesadOnline: An estimated 4,500 energy-intensive agricultural units and households have been equipped with smart electricity meters (known as Faham in Persian) in the mountainous province of Kordestan, head of the provincial power company said.

EghtesadOnline: Government-affiliated Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) installed 307,000 smart electricity meters in agriculture sector last year in the first phase of the National Smart Metering Program (known as Faham in Persian), operator of the project said Sunday.

EghtesadOnline: Some 2.2 trillion rials (around $16 million) worth of damage have been inflicted on the agriculture sector of the northern Mazandaran Province during the heavy rainstorm and the consequent flood on Friday and Saturday.

EghtesadOnline: An estimated 90% of the renewable water resources in Markazi Province is consumed in the agriculture sector, managing director of Markazi Regional Water Company said.

EghtesadOnline: A solid increase in agricultural production has been the main driver of economic growth registered in the first quarter of the current Iranian year (started March 21).

EghtesadOnline: Despite the fact that electricity consumption growth shot up by 2.5% in 2018 compared to the year earlier, it fell by 2.6% in comparison with the average of the last ten years.