power
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Solar Energy Pivotal to Procure Sustainable Power for Industries
EghtesadOnline: The most effective solution for industries to generate their own electricity and not be at the mercy of the state-run Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir)…
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Water, Power Engineering Services Account for 60% of Techno Exports
EghtesadOnline: The water and power sectors have made a positive contribution to exports of technical and engineering services in the past few years, the energy minister said.
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Industrial Power Tariffs to Rise 400%
EghtesadOnline: All industrial units that consume more than 2 megawatts of electricity per month will be charged 2.5 cents per kilowatt hour as of the next fiscal year (starting March 2022),…
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Power Exports Up, Imports Down
EghtesadOnline: As peak summer demand peters out, electricity exports to Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan, which were halted to help stabilize power supply in summer, has resumed, a deputy energy…
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Power Outages Inflict Weekly Losses Worth $235 Million on Steelmakers
EghtesadOnline: Deputy Industries Minister Saeed Zarandi said losses inflicted by power outages on steel mills affiliated to the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation…
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Power Loss in Networks About Half of Household Consumption
EghtesadOnline: The electricity loss in transmission and distribution networks in Iran is about 40 terabyte hours per year, which is equivalent to 43% of the annual electricity consumption in…
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Power Outages Inflict Losses on Businesses
EghtesadOnline: Tehran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture says recent power outages have inflicted between 1-5 billion rials ($4,000-20,000) worth of losses on businesses.…
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Cryptomining Shut Amid Summer Power Shortages
EghtesadOnline: In a bid to alleviate the power shortages that have led to rolling blackouts the Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) has told cryptomining units…
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Power Co. Borrows $60m via IRENEX
EghtesadOnline: The state-run Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) offered standard salaf contracts worth 15 trillion rials ($60 million) at the Iran Energy Exchange…
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Power Tariffs Jump 4 Times for Industries
EghtesadOnline: The Majlis passed a bill last week based on which electricity tariffs for energy-intensive industries, namely cement factories, refineries and petrochemical and steel companies…
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20 Power, Water Projects Launched in Six Provinces
EghtesadOnline: Twenty electricity and water projects costing over $23 million were launched in six provinces on Tuesday.
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Neka Thermal Power Plant to Use Caspian Sea Water
EghtesadOnline: To reduce water use from depleting underground resources in Mazandaran Province, a desalination unit is set to become operational at Shahid Salimi (Neka) Power Plant in April,…
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Tavanir: Power Cuts Likely
EghtesadOnline: The state-run Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) says the national grid cannot take loads higher than 40 gigawatts in winter.
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Top Authorities Weigh Plans to Neutralize Sanctions
EghtesadOnline: The heads of the three branches of power convened on Monday to discuss ways of neutralizing sanctions.
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17 Water, Power Projects Inaugurated in 3 Regions
EghtesadOnline: Seventeen power and water projects worth $23 million were inaugurated in three provinces on Tuesday. One is in Tehran, eight in the northeastern Golestan Province and eight in…
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Wind Power Reaches Sistan
EghtesadOnline: The first phase of a large wind farm in the Mil-e-Nader village in Zabol County, southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, started partial operation on Thursday, deputy minister…
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Power Efficiency Improving Gradually
EghrtesadOnline: Power loss in transmission and distribution networks in Iran now is near 9.7% and should decline to 9.2% by the end of the current Persian calendar year (March 2021), the deputy…
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Power Demand Growing Faster Than Investment
EghtesadOnline: The number of electricity meters nationwide in household, agro and industrial sectors has grown 12 times in four decades, the Energy Ministry spokesman for the power department…
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Industrial Productivity Growth Low Despite Rising Power Consumption
EghtesadOnline: Power consumption of industries has increased by 12% since the beginning of the current fiscal in March compared to a year ago, but the rise has not transformed into decent productivit…
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Gas Main Source of Power Generation
EghtesadOnline: Supplying natural gas, instead diesel and mazut, to power plants, has doubled to 200 million cubic meters per day since 2013, the National Iranian Gas Company chief said.
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Tavanir Improving Efficiency of Power Distribution Systems
EghtesadOnline: Approximately 45% of the domestic electricity distribution network has been renovated, deputy for power distribution affairs at Iran's Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission…
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Iraq Will Continue Buying Gas and Power From Iran
EghtesadOnline: Iraq could lower its reliance on Iranian gas and electricity imports next year if (and when) OPEC's second largest oil producer can implement multi-billion deals signed with US…
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Two Top Organizations Sign 15-Year Power Agreement
EghtesadOnline; Tehran Water and Wastewater Company, a subsidiary of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran (Abfa), and state-owned Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency…
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Steam Playing Bigger Role in Power Output
EghtesadOnline: Construction of steam units has started in several power plants and more will be added soon, a senior executive at the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
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Private Firms Left Behind
EghtesadOnline: Exporting electricity can be more profitable if private firms are also allowed to sell, without state interference, the power they generate, head of the Federation of Iranian…
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Tavanir Again Resorts to Discounts to Save Power
EghtesadOnline: Following its calls to reduce power consumption and avoid outages in the hot summer months, the state-run Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) has…
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Utilities Struggle With Peak Load
EghtesadOnline: Power load peaked at all-time high of 58,104 megawatts on Saturday, up 330 MW compared to the highest recorded in 2019, spokesman for the Energy Ministry said.
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Virus Delayed Routine Upkeep of Power Plants
EghtesadOnline: Routine maintenance of 84 thermal power plants has been completed with a 33-day delay, head of Technical Affairs Department of the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
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Small-Scale Power Station in Taft
EghtesadOnline: To help stabilize power supply in the desert Yazd Province, a small-scale power plant with distributed generation system came online in Taft County, the head of small scale power…
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State Monopoly Hurting Private Power Producers
EghtesadOnline: So long as electricity export is the exclusive premise of the Energy Ministry, the power industry will remain far on the periphery due to the obvious reluctance of private firms…