Electricity consumption increases by 11% as the temperature increases

TEHRAN – Electricity consumption in Iran increased by 11%, or 6,000 megawatts (MW), in the previous Iranian calendar week (ended May 31) compared to the week before, the head of Iran’s Power Generation, Distribution, and Transmission Company (known as Tavanir) he said.

According to Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, the gradual increase in temperature caused a sharp increase in the use of air conditioning devices, and therefore electricity consumption began to increase again, reports IRIB.

To meet the demand for electricity during the peak summer period, the Iranian Ministry of Energy has included several programs in its agenda, the most important of which are increasing electricity production and managing its consumption.

In the summer, the Ministry intends to implement a comprehensive program under which low-consuming households will be rewarded and subscribers whose consumption exceeds the norm will be punished.

Over the past decade, a steady rise in temperatures and a significant decline in rainfall across Iran has left the country in a difficult electricity supply situation during periods of peak consumption.

Tavanir has repeatedly reported that the company is implementing various programs to manage the situation and prevent blackouts in the country.

Last week, an official said renewable energy plants with a total capacity of 13,000 megawatts were being built in Iran, including a 780-megawatt plant in the southeastern provinces of Sistan and Balouchestan.

Alireza Parandeh Motlaq, deputy head of Iran’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (SATBA) for technical and engineering, stated that Sistan and Baluchistan is one of the richest provinces in the country in terms of renewable energy and enjoys great opportunities in various sectors , including wind and geothermal energy.

Currently, a 60-megawatt renewable power plant has been installed in Sistan and Baluchistan province, including a 10-megawatt unit installed in the Zahedan region and a 50-megawatt unit built in recent years in the northern part of the province.

Parandeh Motlaq highlighted the great advantages of wind energy generation in the Mil Nader region, in the northern part of Sistan and Balochistan, where a 50-megawatt wind farm has been installed that produces 210,000 megawatts of electricity per hour.

He further said that wind power generated in Sistan and Balouchestan provinces not only can meet the electricity demand of this southern province, but there is also the possibility of exporting electricity to neighboring Afghanistan.

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