Access to Water and Power Improves in Four Provinces

Twenty three water and electricity projects costing $34 million came on stream in four provinces on Tuesday including 11 in Qom Province, 10 in Zanjan, two in Isfahan and Semnan provinces, the Energy Ministry news portal Paven reported.
In the central Qom region the projects comprise seven power supply units, a hydroelectric power plant and a solar power station, as well as a small-scale power plant with distributed generation system. 
Distributed generation refers to electricity produced in small quantities near the point of use, as alternative or supplement to traditional centralized grid-connected power. It reduces the cost and complexity associated with transmission and distribution, while offsetting peak electricity demand and stabilizing the local grid.