Producing clean energy has helped reduce greenhouse gases by as much as 3,000 tons over the past eight months. Renewable energy sources in Iran (solar and wind power plants) generated over 350…
Energy
The National Iranian Gas Company is to invest $1.5 billion to complete the national gas grid in Sistan-Baluchestan Province, the managing director said. “Infrastructure is more than 76%…
Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says enhancing water efficiency by 10% can go a long way in saving the rapidly shrinking precious resource.
Unprecedented volatility in the currency market over the last 15 months is adding financial pressure on private electricity producers and most are on the verge of bankruptcy, head of the board…
The Energy Ministry has 46 power, water and wastewater projects in cities and villages of Khorasan Razavi Province, the minister said Monday. “With $1.5 billion investment, the projects have…
Gasoline consumption in the eighth fiscal month that ended on December 22 was 75 million liters per day, data released by the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company show. …
Over 1,400 kilometers of rivers have been dredged since the beginning of the fiscal year in March to help prevent potential flooding, the managing director of Iran Water Resources Management…
The Tehran government’s protestations about fuel smuggling from the eastern and southern borders have become a permanent feature. So has the inability and unwillingness of those in charge to put…
The Energy Ministry can withdraw $280 million from the National Development Fund of Iran, the country's sovereign wealth fund, to finish incomplete water and power projects, the ministry's…
The deficit of groundwater reserves has surpassed 130 billion cubic meters, director of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran (Abfa) said. “Annual precipitation is in…
China appears likely to add Norway into the list of its regular crude oil suppliers in 2020, with the country's independent refiners especially finding North Sea's new Johan Sverdrup crude…
With work on the manufacturing of an F-class gas turbine completed at the Turbine Engineering and Manufacturing Company (TUGA), a subsidiary of Mapna Group, the advanced turbine was loaded in…
At least 50% of Ahvaz wastewater infrastructure in Khuzestan Province, including 1,100 dilapidated pipelines, require repairs, managing director of the provincial water company said.
Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company is willing to deliver treated wastewater to Tehran Municipality (TM) and industries, an official at the TPWWC said. “Currently six wastewater…
Selling one million barrels of oil a day as forecast in the March 2019-20 budget bill is wishful thinking in the absence of robust diplomatic relations with neighbors and the world, a member of…
Renewable energy can lower demand for natural gas by diversifying energy supplies, a consultant to the Energy Ministry’s Niroo Research Institute said. “With more renewables less gas will be…
Oil prices fell slightly on Friday but were still set for a third straight weekly gain after easing US-China trade tensions lifted business confidence and the outlook for global economic growth…
Construction of the first gas unit of Hengam Combined Cycle Power Plant in southern Hormozgan Province is complete and will be launched in two months, the director of combined cycle power plant…
Since the beginning of the year (March), 10 oil tankers were repaired in Bandar Abbas Ship Repair Yard (in southern Hormuzgan Province) and work continues on two others, managing director of the…
Two wastewater treatment plants were launched in western Kurdestan Province Tuesday. Located in Bijar County and Hasanabad-e Yasukand City, the two plants cost $2.3 million, the Energy Ministry…
China is breaking records for crude oil imports and is not likely to stop soon as new refineries ramp up and hopes grow that the easing of trade tensions with the US will bolster the economy.
Petrochemical plants and oil refineries use $400 million worth of catalysts a year, the majority of which is produced locally, managing director of the National Petrochemical Company said. “The…
Switzerland’s ambassador in Tehran invited water officials to join his country’s water diplomacy initiative dubbed as “Blue Peace”. Markus Leitner made the call in a meeting with Qasem…
Chabahar Free Trade Zone Organization, Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) and Iran East Supply and Development Infrastructures Co. signed a…
Oil prices on Monday held near three-month highs, supported by last week’s announcement that an initial trade deal had been reached between the United States and China. Brent crude oil…
