EghtesadOnline: Over 6,000 megawatts have been added to installed power capacity in the past two years, and hydroelectric power plants are in the best conditions due to the heavy rains in the past months.

EghtesadOnline: Programs are underway to triple nuclear power, the energy minister said.

EghtesadOnline: According to the sixth Five Year Economic Development Plan (2017-22), renewable energy should comprise 5% of the total power capacity ; however, this share is hardly 1% indicating that expansion of renewables has fallen behind schedule, spokesman of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (Satba) said.

EghtesadOnline: The first 310 megawatt gas unit of Dalahoo Combined Cycle Power Plant in Eslamabad-e-Gharb County, Kermanshah Province, started operation on Tuesday.