Iranian Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said the ministry is currently installing solar panel equipment at one thousand sites to have more solar power plants across the country.Aliabadi stated on the sidelines of a weekly government meeting on Wednesday that, "The people are assisting in managing electricity consumption; I witness this, and right now we are consuming less electricity compared to last year. This indicates that the people are helping," ISNA reported.He emphasized that mutual assistance would help the country overcome challenges in the coming two months, resulting in an improved situation."Currently, we are installing solar panel equipment at one thousand sites to have more solar power plants across the country," he added.According to the assessment made by the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (SATBA), "There is a minimum capacity of 1600 MW of small-scale distributed solar power plants on buildings and parking lots of government offices in the country, which can perform equivalent to 2000 MW concentrated power plants.”Referring to the commitment of executive bodies in developing renewable energies, the deputy of the SATBA, Jafar Mohammadnejad Sigarudi, told ISNA, "Based on a cabinet decree from approximately six years ago, government offices became obligated to supply a percentage of their electricity from renewable sources within four years. However, due to financial resource constraints and the lack of an appropriate mechanism, the implementation of this plan was delayed."Also, this year, government offices are required to source at least 20% of their electricity from renewable energy. President Masoud Pezeshkian issued a two-month compliance period for government agencies to install solar panels, effective June 21.Power consumption predicted to reach 77K MWSimultaneously with the unprecedented increase in air temperature in recent days and the likelihood of its continuation in the coming days, electricity consumption is predicted to reach 77,000 megawatts. This is while this level of consumption occurred last year during the peak network load periods.In line with enforcing consumption warnings, the head of Tavanir, the Iran Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Management Company Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi warned that in the coming days, temperatures in many regions of the country will rise above 40 degrees Celsius, and peak consumption is forecast to reach 76,000 to 77,000 megawatts."We are striving to keep the peak electricity demand below 74,000 megawatts," Rajabi Mashhadi said.The energy minister, stating that the ministry is focusing on conservation and the development of renewable energies to resolve shortages in the water and electricity industry, said, "One of this ministry's programs is encouraging subscribers to use high-efficiency electrical appliances by adopting self-control mechanisms." (ICE TEHERAN)

Fonte notizia: Tehran Times