An unprecedented record of peak electricity consumption in the country compared to last year

According to the report of Energy Press, citing the information base of the Ministry of Energy (PAON), “Ali Akbar Mehrabian” in the country’s electricity monitoring center stated that: every government has implemented programs to resolve the imbalance of electricity to compensate for a part of the imbalance, in this Some governments have been more successful and some less successful.
The Minister of Energy continued: In the meantime, the 13th government came into office in a situation where the country was struggling with a difficult situation, because we witnessed serious blackouts and the schedule of blackouts up to 3 times a day and problems in supplying electricity to industries.
He added: Therefore, the government started working with a comprehensive program in different sectors. This year is the third summer that we have passed, and by reviewing the performance of the government, we conclude that in nearly 3 years, about 10,000 megawatts have been added to the capacity of the country’s power plants.
The Minister of Energy continued: In order to increase the capacity of 10,000 megawatts, the government has added about 8,000 megawatts of new thermal power plants, renewable power plants, and hydropower plants to the country’s power plant capacity. Also, by implementing knowledge-based projects and using internal power, the government was able to upgrade the capacity of existing power plants to about 2,000 megawatts.
Referring to the electricity produced in the country during the 13th government, Mehrabian said: According to the report of the Energy Institute, the growth of Iran’s electricity production during the 13th government was 45.7 terawatt hours, placing the country in the seventh place in the world, after countries such as China, India, and the United States. , Russia, Brazil and Indonesia. The economy of these 6 big countries and their population is very significant, however, we have seen that the increase in electricity generation capacity has provided favorable conditions for our country.
Stating that the current conditions do not mean the resolution of discontent, the Minister of Energy emphasized: The discontent in the country is significant and we must seriously implement the development plans. In this government, in addition to the power plants that have entered the circuit, there are 8,500 megawatts of thermal power plants under construction with a progress of over 50%.
Mehrabian also mentioned the development of renewables and said: In the field of renewable power plants, according to the number of plans and licenses obtained from the Economic Council, there are about 11,000 megawatts of power plants under implementation, of course, the advantage of renewable power plants is that they take less than a year to build.