Electricity

The two sides also exchanged views on expansion of relations in other domains. including energy. roads. agriculture and trade as well as tourism.

Iran plans to increase its nominal electricity generation capacity to 80.000 MW by summer 2018.

The new capacity is expected to help the ministry avoid periodic outages during the hot summer when demand peaks for cooling homes and businesses.

Data show some 240 megawatts. or just around 0.3% of Iran'.s total electricity supplies come from renewable sources such as solar and wind.

Some 54 power units have gone on stream in the last four years.

The plant is truly a landmark project. supporting the development goals of the Kurdistan region.

The 30-year lifetime of some infrastructures have been ended and there is a need to supply sufficient fund in order to renew power facilities.

Tavanir has managed to curb power consumption in peaks hours by 4.000 megawatts in the last two months by adopting measures.

Shell Energy Europe is present in 14 European power markets and offtakes renewable power from wind farms and solar parks in the UK and mainland Europe.

Currently. 600 hydroelectric power plants operate in Turkey.