Electricity

Siemens Energy and the Ministry of Electricity of the Republic of Iraq signed a contract to construct Iraq’s West Mosul 400-kilovolt (kV) super grid station, which will provide reliable and efficient power supply to around 700,000 Iraqi citizens in northern Iraq, particularly the Nineveh province. The construction of the Mosul …

In a meeting with his Iranian counterpart in Tehran, Iraqi Energy Minister Majid Mahdi Hantoush announced that his country will continue purchasing gas and electricity from Iran. “Iran and Iraq have agreed to continue imports of Iranian gas and electricity and Iraq will pay its debts to Iran,” Hantoush said …

The Iraqi Minister of Electricity, Majid Hantoush, arrived on Saturday in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on an official visit. According to the official Iranian news agency “IRNA”, Hantoush met with the aide of the Minister of Energy, Humayun Haeri. The two sides reviewed ways to expand bilateral cooperation in the …

With India’s power sector development over the next two decades set to take place against a backdrop of increasing water stress, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has advised that water management challenges be addressed while boosting power capacity. The agency has come out with two key priorities to ensure a …

Iran is planning to start exports of gas and electricity to Oman, an official with the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) said on Saturday. “We are pursuing the exports of gas and electricity to Oman,” Farzad Piltan said. “Next year we will hold a joint economic commission between Iran …

Iran has joined the club of nations with know-how to generate electricity from Hydrogen, according to the head of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization. Mohammad Satekin said that Hydrogen, as the most available element in nature, is a desirable energy carrier. Satekin said that his organization supports the use …

As many as 24 water and electricity facilities will be put into operation in 5 provinces of Iran today on February 16, Trend reports citing the Ministry of Energy of Iran. According to the report, in total, 9.75 trillion rials (about $232 million) have been spent on facilities put into …

The share of natural gas in Turkey’s electricity generation grew by 21 percent last year compared to 2019, as increasing drought hindered the production capacity of the country’s hydropower plants, according to a recent report by the Electricity Generators Association of Turkey. Turkey’s gross electricity generation in 2020 was 305,431 …

China’s electricity consumption, a key barometer of economic activity, is likely to grow by 6 to 7 percent year on year in 2021, according to the China Electricity Council (CEC). Power supply and demand will generally maintain a balance in China this year, though some areas may face power supply …

Police in Iran have reportedly seized 45,000 bitcoin mining rigs for illegally using subsidized electricity from the state-owned power utility Tavanir, the local Tasmin News Agency reported this week. According to Mohammad Hassan Motavalizadeh, head of Tavanir, the efficient application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) bitcoin miners had been consuming 95 megawatts …