VOL. XLVI

No 20

19-May-2003

IRAN

Irans Power Generation Capacity Exceeds 30GW

Irans nominal power generation capacity reached 30.424 gigawatts (gw) by the end of the last Iranian year (ended 20 March 2003), according to Mohammad Ahmadian, Deputy Energy Minister for Electricity Affairs. The official news agency IRNA on 3 May cited Mr Ahmadian as saying that the new capacity total was up by 2.738mw on the level a year previously. Irans electric power demand is rising at about 7% a year, and the...