Electricity

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 …

China’s electricity system was already becoming stretched – even before unusually cold weather descended on most of the country in December and January. In common with other fast-developing economies in Asia, China’s reliability problem stems more from rapid growth in electricity consumption than abnormal weather, with generation struggling to keep …

Renewable energy, mostly solar and wind, are set to account for more than two-thirds of the new electricity generation capacity that the United States will install this year, the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) said in its latest inventory of electricity generators on Monday. A total of 39.7 gigawatts (GW) …

Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian said on Tuesday that Iraq’s debt to the National Iranian Gas Company and the Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) have been paid by the Iraqi government except for two months. He said that Iran has two contracts regarding the exports of electricity and …

Turkey has reportedly begun to export electricity to Iraq. According to Anadolu Agency, Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EMRA, EPDK) started supplying Iraq on Monday at a rate of 150 MW, through the Silopi-Zakho transmission line. The deal is due to run until 1st November, 2021.