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Iran Energy Ministry to Phase Out Old Power Plants

EghtesadOnline: The Energy Ministry plans to boost power plants’ efficiency by phasing out outdated plants and building new ones in line with its strategic plan by 2025.
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Publish Date:20/June/2018 | 14:11

5 Gigawatts in New Electricity Capacity Under Development

EghtesadOnline: The Thermal Power Plants Holding Company has signed a contract with unnamed investors to build power plants with a total electricity generating capacity of 5,000 megawatts, or 5 gigawatts, the company's deputy for planning said.
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Publish Date:14/January/2018 | 16:02

Plan to Boost Natural Gas Supply to Power Plants

EghtesadOnline: In line with efforts to curb the burning of polluting fuels like mazut as feedstock for electricity generation, the National Iranian Gas Company provided 86 power plants with 62 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the previous Iranian fiscal that ended in March 2017 and hopes to raise that throughput this year, NIGC's director for gas supply said.
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Publish Date:25/October/2017 | 15:16

Power Plant Privatizations Reach 55%, More to Come

EghtesadOnline: The Energy Ministry has privatized over 50% of power plants in the last few years and Iranian Privatization Organization is assessing the value of other power stations, Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian said.
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Publish Date:20/August/2017 | 10:35

Russia starts constructing 4 new thermal power plants

EghtesadOnline: Iranian ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanaei announced the upcoming trip of Russian vice Prime Minister to Tehran and the start of constructing 4 new thermal power plants in Iran.
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Publish Date:13/February/2017 | 08:13

$1.6b Thermal Power Plant for Hormozgan

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.
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Publish Date:16/January/2017 | 16:25

30% Domestic Share in Unit International Deal

EghtesadOnline: Domestic equipment manufacturers will have a 30% share in the contract with Turkish energy and construction company Unit International, which is commissioned to build two power plants in Iran, the deputy for planning at the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
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Publish Date:25/February/2018 | 07:45

Talks With JICA to Finance Renovation of Power Plants in Iran

EghtesadOnline: Serious negotiations are underway with Japan International Cooperation Agency, or JICA, to finance the renovation of major power plants in the country, the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company's deputy for planning said.
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Publish Date:24/January/2018 | 10:26

All Power Plants in Iran to Run on Gas by March

EghtesadOnline: More than 90% of power stations in Iran are running on natural gas as feedstock and concerted efforts are being made to stop using fuels like mazut to generate power by the end of the current fiscal year that ends in March 2018, the managing director of Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company, or Tavanir, said.
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Publish Date:13/January/2018 | 09:33

Power Plants to Add 3.5 GW of Capacity

EghtesadOnline: Power plants with a combined production capacity of about 3,500 megawatts, or 3.5 gigawatts, are under construction and will join the national power grid by the summer of next year.
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Publish Date:05/November/2017 | 11:13

Gov’t Mulls Higher Power Tariffs to Help Cut Subsidies

EghtesadOnline: The disparity between real electricity prices, which include the costs for generation and transmission, and what consumers pay for electrical power has compelled the government to pay 70 trillion rials (about $1.75 billion) in subsidies per annum, excluding expenditures on feedstock for power plants, a deputy energy minister said.
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Publish Date:30/October/2017 | 14:01

Korean, Turkish firms to build power plants in Iran

EghtesadOnline: South Korea and Turkey have teamed up to develop a chain of power plants in Iran in what appears to be the first such partnership in the Middle East.
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 09:13

IWPCO to Hold Tender for Karun II Dam, Power Plant

EghtesadOnline: Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company has invited domestic and foreign companies to finance, build and operate Karun II Dam and Power Plant project in Khuzestan Province.
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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 11:24

Iran Plans International Tender to Raise Power Plant Efficiency

EghtesadOnline: A tender for domestic and foreign companies will be announced to enhance the efficiency of gas-burning power plants, says Houshang Falahatian, the deputy energy minister for electricity and energy.
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Publish Date:15/January/2017 | 08:12