“The projects are the result of a memorandum of understanding signed last year between the Energy Ministry and the Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade for the construction of power plants by industries to provide reliable and stable electricity to mining and other industries,” the Energy Ministry’s news portal Paven also quoted Seyyed Zaman Hosseini as saying.
According to the memorandum of understanding, 10,000 MW of power stations were initially planned by industries. However, the figure later increased to 17,000 MW, which will be constructed in 15 provinces.