Press TV - A spokesman of the Iranian Energy Ministry says electricity exports to neighboring Afghanistan has resumed following a brief halt caused by a suspected attack on transmission lines. Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi said on Monday that the short pause to electricity supply to Afghanistan had taken place earlier in the day because of an incident ...

Reuters - A fire broke out at a power station in southwestern Iran on Saturday, Iranian media reported, the latest in a string of fires and explosions, some of which have hit sensitive sites. The blaze, which affected a transformer in the power station in the city of Ahvaz, was put out by fire fighters and electricity was restored after partial ...

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 ...

Financial Tribune - The production of a single unit of bitcoin withdraws about 200 million rials ($1,400) in state subsidies, the Energy Ministrys spokesman for the power department said. "Cryptocurrency miners have put enormous pressure on the national power grid and the upward consumption trend has increased concerns among energy officials," Mostafa ...