TEHRAN Nov 11 (Shana)--Irans Energy Ministry is to increase electricity generation by 1,020 megawatts by the end of the calendar year in March, a senior official said. Majid Salehi, managing-director of Iran Power Development Organization, said 2,500 MW of electricity is expected to have been generated by next calendar year. He said that the 1,020 ...

Islamabad, Jan 26, IRNA - Business community of eastern Punjab province welcomes the government initiative to get 1,000 megawatt (MW) electricity from Iran and hoped the project would be completed within shortest possible time, a media report said on Sunday. Daily Business Recorder reported that traders urged Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif not to compromise ...

[caption id="attachment_24326" align="alignright" width="180"] A view of Irans Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant[/caption] ILNA: Bushehr nuclear power plant will play an important role in the countrys electricity generation, Irans Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian said. "The power plant annually saves some $2 billion worth of fossil fuels," Chitchian ...

TEHRAN, Aug. 19 (MNA) Iran exported 1.4 gigawatts (GW) of electricity to Afghanistan, Iraq, Pakistan, Armenia, and Turkey on Saturday, IRIB reported. Meanwhile, the country imported 324 megawatts (MW) of electricity from Armenia and Turkmenistan. Iran exported 11.054 billion kilowatt hours of electricity to its neighboring countries in the past ...

Iran news headlines on Saturday include Supreme Leader endorsement of Iran's president-elect; Iran and North Korea discussion over parliamentary ties; increasing of country cement output; country electricity generation exceeding 98000 GWh; Iran opening of marine passenger terminal; Iran starting of recovery operation in Doroud oilfield; country national ...

Iran has generated 98,805 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (started March 21), marking a 3.84-percent growth year-on-year. According to a report published by IRNA on Thursday, thermal power plants accounted for 92,451 GWh of the total volume of Iran's generated electricity while hydroelectric ...

TEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjou said that Iran's electricity generation capacity has risen to 69,500 megawatts now from 7,024 megawatts in the year 1979 when the Islamic Revolution took place. Namjou said that 31,400 megawatts were added to the capacity of the country's power plants in Ahmadinejad's administrations. The minister ...