Iran has reported a record consumption of electricity amid rising temperatures that have pushed up demand for cooling.

Financial Tribune - This summer in cooperation with household, industrial, commercial and agricultural sectors, consumption increased barely by 1% during peak hours compared to a year ago The number of electricity subscribers who adhere to the consumption patterns outlined by the government has increased by 10% compared to last year, managing director ...

Financial Tribune - Power consumption fell below 40,000 megawatts at the weekend after 127 days as temperatures dropped across the country. Consumption had surpassed 40,000 MW in May and increased gradually until July 22 when it reached a record 57,680 MW, about 1,000 MW more than last summer, the Energy Ministry news portal Paven reported. Soaring ...

Financial Tribune - Wastage in Tehran's power grid was reduced from 3.2% to 2% last February, managing director of Tehran Regional Electric Company said. With effective measures we have been able to spend peak summertime this year with the minimum blackout, the Energy Ministry news portal Paven quoted Gholamreza Khoshkholq as saying. Current ...

Financial Tribune Although peak electricity demand hour growth soared by 5% on average between 2008 and 2018, the figure has barely risen by 1% in the past two months compared to the average of the last ten years, the Energy Ministry spokesman for the power department said Saturday. "Electricity tariffs are not high enough to compel heavy users ...

MNA Irans electricity consumption hit a new record on Monday as it reached the peak of 57,681 megawatts, the Energy Ministrys spokesman for the power department said. The country's power consumption has rose by about 1,200 MW compared to Sunday, Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi announced. Noting that in the past four decades, the electricity consumption ...

IRNA Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Monday that people, in order to stop wasting water and electricity, should reduce excessive consumptions. Speaking at a meeting with Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian and the Ministrys senior staff members in Tehran, President Rouhani said all the people know that water and electricity are two vital, ...

Press TV - Some experts compare the growth of energy consumption in Iran to a snowball going down a hill. For decades the trend has brought about the countrys power grid and significant costs for the government. But the question is for how long the situation can continue. The answer according to experts is the adoption of a comprehensive energy policy ...

TEHRAN June 16(Shana)--Iran has enough potential for installation of 30 thousand megawatts of wind and 10 thousand megawatts of solar energies, roughly 40 thousand megawatts, across the country, deputy minister of energy for electricity affairs Houshang Felahatian said. Citing Iran Renewable Energy Organizations data, he said that in order to persuade ...

TEHRAN, July. 15 (MNA) Electricity consumption in Iran rose by 3.7 gigawatts (GW) on Monday compared to the same day in the past year, IRIB reported. The peak of consumption hit 44.151GW. Some 1.301GW of electricity has been stored at domestic power plants. Iran exchanged 1.566GW of electricity with its neighboring countries on Monday. The ...