EghtesadOnline: To save natural resources in power stations and fight the menace of air pollution, plans are underway to boost thermal power plants' efficiency from 37% to 40% by the end of the Sixth Five-Year Development Plan (2022), the head of Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.

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: So long as construction of new thermal power plants in Tehran Province is not complete he ageing gas and steam units cannot be phased out, head of the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.

EghttesadOnline: Close to 1,800 megawatts will be added to the national grid next month to help meet rising demand in summer, managing director of Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.