1st power plant built by industrial sector goes operational

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Iran's Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Management Company, known as Tavanir, announced.Earlier this year, the Iranian
plants across the country to meet their own electricity demand during peak consumption periods.According to Zaman Hosseini, the first of the
mentioned power plant units, with a capacity of 183 MW, has been added to the Semnan power plant and put into operation by the mining
program, first the industries were supposed to build 10,000 MW capacity of power plants, however, now more sectors have stepped up and
16,500 MW of new power plant units are going to be constructed based on the mentioned program.In July 2021, the Iranian Industry, Mining,
and Trade Ministry signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Energy Ministry for constructing power plants for big
industries.Later in November of that year, Energy Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian announced that the construction of 10,000 MW capacity power
construction
Based on the contract concluded with these industries, the said industries will not be provided with electricity from the national grid if
decrease in rainfalls across Iran have put the country in a hard situation regarding electricity supply during peak consumption periods.In
programs that are being pursued seriously by the ministry in collaboration with other related government entities.EF/MG