Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian held talks with Acting Foreign Minister of Afghanistan Mohammad Hanif Atmar on the permanent transmission of electricity to Afghanistan. In a videoconference on Saturday night, the two sides discussed preparation for holding a joint economic commission next month, planning and implementing joint economic programs, electricity …
Read More »Iran Ready to Connect Power Grid to Europe
Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian expressed his country’s preparedness to supply electricity to Europe. Ardakanian said that, enjoying enormous energy resources and having skilled manpower and facilities in the field, Iran can pave the ground for expansion of energy corridors, especially electricity transmission corridor. “In order to help promote communications …
Read More »Iran, Qatar Discuss Joining Power Grids through Sea
Iranian and Qatari energy ministers yesterday discussed connecting the two countries’ electricity networks via a submarine cable. In a virtual meeting, the Qatari minister, Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, said that the project was “possible”, adding that a “proposal should be worked on”. “In my opinion, this idea is practical and it …
Read More »Iran Considering to Supply Electricity to Afghanistan
Iranian Energy Ministry adopted plan to supply electricity to Afghanistan which soon will announced soon, Iran’s Ambassador to Afghanistan Bahador Aminian said on Wednesday. “The two countries have many opportunities for ties development in different fields that aliens should not be allowed to sabotage them, so if Afghanistan intends to …
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That’s according to a new independent analysis conducted via Imperial Consultants by academics from Imperial College London for Drax Electric Insights.
Read More »US Fosters Iraqi-GCC Power Cooperation Project
The United States, the Iraqi government, and the Gulf Cooperation Council have reiterated their full support for a project linking the electricity networks between the latter and Iraq. In a statement to the US State Department, Washington said it is, “committed to facilitating this project and providing support when needed”. …
Read More »ADB and IEA Renew Energy Sector Sustainability Collaboration
The organisations intend to scale up efforts to advance progress on sustainability in Asia and the Pacific.
Read More »Iran to Put 250 Huge Energy Projects on Stream by Yearend
Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanain said that 250 major water and electricity projects will become operational by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2021). Ardakanian said that according to a major program called “A-B-Iran” [in Farsi the acronyms A and B stand for water and electricity …
Read More »Iran Exports 1500 Megawatts per Day to Iraq
Hamid Hosseini , the spokesman for the Iranian Oil Derivatives Exporters said that about 1500 megawatts of electrical energy and 30 million cubic meters of gas per day have been exported to Iraq. “In light of Iraq’s need for electricity in summer, America was forced to extend the waiver of …
Read More »US Extends Iraq’s Sanctions Waiver to Import Electricity from Iran
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announcediran that Iraq’s sanctions waiver for importing electricity from the Islamic Republic of Iran will continue for another four months.
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