A glance at Iran's power sector
The latest stats released by Iran's Energy Ministry indicate a huge change in power plants’ fuel feeds, while the output level increased significantly during last four months. According to the ministry’s weekly report, Iran's electricity output reached about 104 billion kWh in first four months and two days (126 days) of current fiscal year, while this figure was 101.5 billion kWh in the same period of last year (March 21 to July 24). On the other hand, during this period, the country's power production capacity increased by 373 MW (two 160-MW hydropower plants + 53-MW gas power plant). Iran planned to increase the current 73,525 MW power production capacity to 75,284 MW by the end of fiscal year (March 20, 2016). Despite these figures, the country's actual power production capacity stands at 57,759 MW. Iran’s electricity export fell by 17 percent to 3.336 billion kWh, while imports rose by 17 percent to 1.503 billion kWh in last four months. The country in...