TEHRAN, Iran, April 18. Iran eyes to launch new power plants with 6,000 megawatts of capacity to supply electricity during peak consumption in summer, said the Minister of Energy Ali Akbar Mehrabian, Trend reports citing IRNA.
"The new power plants are predicted to be launched before the summer, " he said.
Mehrabian pointed out that the ministry has plans to control and reduce power consumption in industrial and household sectors during summer.
The Iranian government is seeking assistance from the private sector to maintain water and power consumption and prevent outages in the future.
Iran’s Ministry of Energy has started a four-year plan to support and develop water and power projects that include water distribution and power production.