Power Production Capacity to  Increase by 8,000 MW

Iran’s power production capacity will increase by at least 8,000 megawatts in summer when consumption will rise similar to previous years, the spokesman of the power industry said. 
“Of the total rise, about 6,000 MW are expected to be added to the thermal power generation capacity, 1,400 MW are for upgrading old power stations and the rest will come from new power plants with distributed generation systems,” Mostafa Rajabi-Mashhadi was also quoted as saying by the Energy Ministry’s news portal Paven.
The substantial rise will help cover a part of the deficit during peak hours [12-17 p.m.] when consumption is projected to surpass 70 gigawatts, he added.
Commenting on industries’ problems last summer, he noted that steel mills had to reduce their output by 8 million tons, sustaining losses of $6 billion.