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Iraqi resistance launches drone attack against Haifa’s industrial power plant

Tehran, IRNA – The Islamic Resistance in Iraq has carried out a drone attack on Haifa’s industrial power plant in the occupied Palestinian territories.
2 months ago
Minister assures fuel shipment as Lebanon faces mass power outage

Tehran, IRNA – Lebanon’s Energy Minister Walid Fayyaz announced that new gas shipments from Egypt will soon arrive in this country to supply the fuel required for power plants. That after the country’s power utility provider confirmed on Saturday a national power outage, affecting critical infrastructure.
3 months ago
Electricity generated by 2 industrial units connects Iran national grid: Official

Tehran, IRNA – Electricity produced by two more Iranian industrial plants has been connected to the national power grid as part of a plan to boost the electricity generation in the country.
7 months ago
Iran’s power generation capacity exceeds 92,500 MW

Tehran, IRNA – The nominal capacity of Iran’s power plants has exceeded 92,500 megawatts (MW) during the first 10 months of the Iranian calendar year to January 20, 2024, as announced by the Iran Grid Management Company.
8 months ago
Iran completes first phase of Karun nuclear plant: AEOI chief

Tehran, IRNA — Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami has announced that the first phase in construction of the Karun nuclear power plant in the southwestern province of Khuzestan has been successfully completed.
8 months ago
Iran, Turkiye to exchange electricity using modern technologies

Tehran, IRNA - The head of Iran's Iran Grid Management Company has announced the technical platform for electricity trade and exchange between Iran and Turkiye using state-of-the-art equipment.
9 months ago
Winter storms claim scores of lives in US

Tehran, IRNA- Snow and storms have claimed nearly 90 lives as deep freeze affecting millions of people across the United States.
9 months ago
Iran’s power plant capacity hits 92,000 MW

Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Homayoon Haeri says the country’s installed power plant capacity has reached as much as 92,000 megawatts (MW).
11 months ago
Output at Iran’s largest hydroelectric power plant up 60% y/y

Tehran, IRNA - Iran's largest hydroelectric power plant, Karun-3 Dam, has reported a 60% increase in power production in the current water year, which began on September 23, compared to the same period last year.
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Inauguration of 16 MW power plant in northern Iran

Iranian Head of Plan and Budget Organisation has Inaugurated a 16 MW power plant in Siminshahr city in Iran's northern province of Golestan. (IRNA photos published on October 6/Raheleh Hesari)
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Gas supply to power plants hits new records in Iran

Tehran, IRNA - Iran has reported new records in its gas supply to power plants despite rising demand for natural gas in the country's household and industry sectors.
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Iranian project to build 120-MW power plant in Sri Lanka at final stages: Minister

Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian has said that a project to construct a 120-megawatt power plant by Iranian experts in Sri Lanka is at its final stages and will hopefully become operational in the near future.
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Shahid Firouzi: Tehran’s 60-year-old power plant

In the late 1954, the Tehran Power Plant in Tarasht signed a contract with France’s Alstom to purchase a 50-megabyte factory consisting of four steam units to address the city's electricity shortage. In 1959, Units Three and Four were put into operation, followed by Units One and Two in the same year. The Alstom power plant, now known as "Shahid Firouzi," stands as one of the oldest power plants in Iran and the only electricity production facility located in an urban setting. It operates with four steam units with a capacity of 12.5 megawatts. Photos published on May 24, 2023 show different sections of the Shahid Firouzi Power Plant. (IRNA photos/ Mohsen Vanaei)
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New power plant opened in Iran's Lorestan province

Khorramabad, IRNA – The steam unit of a combined cycle power plant in the western Iranian city of Khorramabad has come on line.
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Iran to spend €800 mln on 6 new steam power plants

Tehran, IRNA – Iran will start construction of six steam units in two power plants with an investment of 800 million euros, according to the CEO of Saba Group, an energy holding operated by government-affiliated Mostazafan Foundation.
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Iran's renewable power capacity ups by 0.9% in March

Tehran, IRNA – The capacity of Iran's renewable power generations increased by 0.9% in the calendar month to late March 2023 compared to the previous month.
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Iran ready to fix Venezuela's power plants

Tehran, IRNA – CEO of Iran Power Plant Repairs Plant Repair Company Masoud Moradi said here on Tuesday that the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to repair 10,000-megawatt power plant in Venezuela.
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2nd steam unit becomes operational at Asaluyeh combined-cycle power plant

Tehran, IRNA – The second steam unit at the Asaluyeh combined-cycle power plant has become operational to add 160 megawatts to the capacity of Iran's power generation, an Iranian official said.
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Iran still ready to set up power plant in Lebanon: FM spokesman

Tehran, IRNA – The Islamic Republic’s proposal for constructing a power plant in Lebanon is still on the table, Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said.
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Iran’s thermal power generation grows by 8%

Tehran, IRNA – Iran has supplied 91 percent of its power consumption through thermal power stations last Persian year (March 2021-March 2022) with 8 percent increase in generation, compare to the year before, a senior official in Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said on Saturday.
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Iran to train Tajikistan's electricity industry operators

Tehran, IRNA - Iran as a powerful country in developing electricity networks plans to provide Tajik electricity industry operators with expertise training, an Iranian official said.
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Iran among world’s 14 power plant builders

Tehran, IRNA – A senior official in the Ministry of Energy said that Iran is among the 14 countries in the world capable of constructing power plants.
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Iran, Russia join forces in building power plants

Tehran, June 13, IRNA – Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company CEO said on Sunday that construction of the 1400-megawatt power plant in Hormozgan Province, southern Iran, with Russia-provided loan would serve as bridge for expanding bilateral cooperation in this filed.
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Iran's power plants output capacity rises 12-fold

Tehran, April 4, IRNA – The output capacity of Iranian power plants have risen 12-fold since the beginning of the Islamic Revolution and reached over 85,000 MW.
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Iran to commission 28 renewable energy power plants by year-end

Tehran, Oct 22, IRNA - Director General of Iranian Renewable Energy Organization, Ali Shabnavard said on Thursday that some 28 renewable energy power plants will be operational by the end of the current Iranian year.
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