When thermal and combined-cycle power plants cannot meet the high electricity demand during the peak hours of summer when the temperature and consumption both shoot up, renewables can help generate the required electricity, a board member of Iran Renewable Energy Association said.
“Iran’s...
While China remains the world's largest producer of carbon emissions—where air pollution is still responsible for more than 1 million premature deaths a year—the Asian power is also the biggest investor in renewable energy.
The latest report by the UN's renewable energy advisory body, REN21,...
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he agreed with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to extend the OPEC+ deal at current production levels for the rest of this year and potentially into early 2020.
The comments, at the Group of 20 Summit in Japan, make the outcome of the OPEC meeting on...
Iran has delivered the first crude oil to a Chinese refinery complex since the United States removed all sanction waivers for Iranian oil customers as of May.
According to TankerTrackers, a medium-sized Suezmax vessel, named SALINA and owned by the National Iranian Tanker Company, loaded around...
Kermanshah Oil Refinery has taken several measures to reduce its environmental pollutants and become one of the leading Iranian refineries for promoting environmentally sound practices in recent years, the secretary-general of Oil Refining Industry Cooperative Association said.
“The installation...
Amir Kabir (Karaj) Hydroelectric Power Plant has been reconnected to the national grid after a full overhaul, director of the dam said.
“The 90 MW power plant started operations in 1961. It was first rehabilitated in 1967 but did not go under complete overhaul until last September,” IRNA quoted...
Power and water projects were launched Wednesday in western Lorestan Province. One supplies water to 96 villages in Aligudarz County, the energy ministry news portal Paven reported.
After launching a water treatment plant that provides potable water to Azna County, the Energy Minister Reza...
International cooperation on crude production has helped stabilize oil markets and is more important now than ever, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said Monday.
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and other leading oil producers had agreed to cut their combined oil...
Electricity consumption reached a peak of 55,000 megawatts on Sunday, the highest in the current fiscal year that started in March and close to the 55,500-MW mark registered in the 2017 fiscal year.
Electricity demand is forecast to surpass 56,000 MW during the next few days, ISNA quoted...
For the first time since the Industrial Revolution, Britain is obtaining more power from zero-carbon sources than fossil fuels.
The milestone has been passed for the first five months of 2019. National Grid says clean energy has nudged ahead with 48% of generation, against 47% for coal and gas,...