EghtesadOnline: Close to 2,000 megawatts in new installed power capacity will be added to the national grid this month to help avoid possible blackouts during summer, said Mohsen Tarztalab , managing director of Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPHC).

EghtesadOnline: Operations to construct a 1,400 megawatt thermal power plant in Sirik County, Hormozgan Province in south of Iran will begin in February in collaboration with Russia, managing director of Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPHC) said.

EghtesadOnline: Plans are in place to increase electricity production capacity by 3,500 megawatts in the present fiscal that ends next March, said Mohsen Tarztalab , managing director of Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPHC).