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 .

EghtesadOnline: Installed power generation capacity from small-scale power stations in northern Mazandaran Province has reached 220 megawatts.

EghtesadOnline: Natural gas delivery to thermal power stations in the first four months of the current fiscal, started March 21, has hiked by 3.1% compared with the corresponding period of last year, director for technical support at the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.

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: The National Iranian Gas Company can double the volumes it delivers to thermal power plants and supply at least 310 million cubic meters of natural gas a day to power stations at the peak of electricity consumption in mid-summer, the company spokesman said.

EghtesadOnline: Electricity demand in 12 remote towns in Khorramabad and Aligudarz counties in Lorestan Province is being met fully with the help of small-scale photovoltaic (PV) power stations , head of provincial electricity company said.