SHANA -- An official with the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum said the country was not only self-sufficient in petrol production, but had excess production capacity, which could be earmarked for exports. Addressing the 6th Drilling Congress and Exhibition in Tehran on Saturday, Houshang Falahatian, the deputy petroleum minister for planning, said ...

Tasnim An Iranian official unveiled plans for an increase in the efficiency of the countrys power plants under a grand development initiative, saying the Energy Ministry has entered business negotiations with domestic and international investors to that end. In an interview with the Tasnim News Agency, Deputy Energy Minister for Power and Energy ...

IRNA - Iran exports 10 billion kilowatt hours (kWh) of electricity each year to neighboring states, said the deputy energy minister for electricity and energy affairs. Speaking to the Tehran-based English language newspaper Iran Daily on the sidelines of the 23rd Tehran Press Exhibition, Houshang Falahatian said Iran is also willing and has the capacity ...

Press TV - Iran says it has been producing enough electricity throughout summer to be able to satisfy a significant portion of Iraqs power needs without causing shortages at home. Hooshang Falahatian, deputy energy minister for electricity affairs, was quoted by domestic media as saying that Irans power consumption hit a record high in summer....

MNA Deputy Iranian energy minister said power grids of Iran and Iraq will be interconnected in mid-November. Irans Deputy Energy Minister for Electricity and Energy Affairs Houshang Falahatian made the remarks at a joint session with the Iraqi Deputy Minister of Electricity Adel Kazim Jarayan. The Iranian side pointed to status of electricity ...

Iran expects its installed renewable power capacity barring hydropower to surpass 700 megawatts at the end of the current Persian year in March 2018. Currently, Iran has 77,000 megawatts of power capacity, of which 360 megawatts is renewable energy. Most of the electricity generated in the country comes from thermal power plants which use fossil ...

Tasnim Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Houshang Falahatian announced that the countrys nominal capacity to produce electricity has surpassed 77,000 megawatts (MW). Speaking to the Tasnim News Agency on Monday, Falahatian said over the past year, the countrys power generation capacity has increased by about 2,000 MW. With the coming into service ...

Oil Price - Iraq has made a US$300-million payment to Iran under a power export agreement, according to Azeri news media Trend, quotingIrans Deputy Energy Minister Houshang Falahatian. Another US$800 million remain to be paid. Iran was exporting some 1,500 MW of electricity to its neighbor as of November 2016, when Iraq defaulted on its payments....

Press TV- Iran will install 4,000 megawatts of new capacity in its power grid by the end of the current Persian year in March 2018, Deputy Energy Minister Houshang Falahatian says. Therefore,the overall capacity of the countrys power plants will reach 80,000 megawatts at the end of the year, the Fars news agency quoted him as saying Saturday....

Press TV- Iraq has an outstanding debt of $1 billion to Iran related to the purchase of electricity and the two neighbors are discussing mechanisms to have it settled, an Iranian deputy energy minister says. Iran is currently exporting some 1,500 megawatts of electricity to Iraq, with a further capacity established to raise it to 2,000 megawatts....

An Iranian official has dismissedinvestment plans in the Islamic Republic by a Turkish energy producer with allegedlinks to Israel. The Wednesday rebuttal by Deputy Energy Minister Houshang Falahatian came a month after Turkeys Zorlu Enerji said it planned to invest in Iran for the construction of gas-fired power plants. Zorlu Holding CEO Omer ...

TEHRAN, Jun. 01 (MNA) Deputy energy minister has announced that a three-billion-dollar accord over power station contrition will be sealed between Iran and Turkey in the coming week. Houshang Falahatian, Irans Deputy Energy Minister for Energy and Electricity Affairs, reported on negotiations between Iran and Turkey over inking a deal worth three ...

Tehran, May 30, IRNA Deputy energy minister announced that Iran has exported ten billion kWh of electricity to regional countries during the past Iranian calendar year that ended on March 19. Houshang Falahatian made the announcement here Monday at the 11th International Energy Conference that started work Sunday for two days. During the past ...

Iran says it will soon sign deals with German companies for setting up new electricity generation plants as the country seeks to add up to 37,000 megawatts to its national power grid. Deputy Energy Minister Houshang Falahatian said last months conclusion of nuclear talks with the West has led to new openings for resuming cooperation in energy and ...

TEHRAN August 5(Shana)--Iran's energy ministry and the State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources (SAARES) are set to enter into a deal on enhancing generation of renewable energies, a deputy energy minister said. Houshang Falahatian said on Tuesday that Iran plans to add 1,000mg it to power generation by renewables. Speaking on ...

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 (Tasnim) Iran's deputy energy minister announced on Wednesday that Syria has invited the Iranian companies to participate in multi-billion-dollar tenders for the development of power industries in the Arab country. On Tuesday, a meeting was held between Irans energy minister (Hamid Chitchian) and Syrian Electricity Minister (Imad Muhammad ...

TEHRAN, Dec. 08 (MNA) Iran has launched a new round of a bidding process for 30 German companies interested in power plant construction. Irans Deputy Minister of Energy Houshang Falahatian, while announcing Irans full preparedness for commencing cooperation with Berlin in construction of power plants, said, Iran has offered seven investment packages ...