Iran’s Power Ministry Says ‘Several Power Generation Units’ Have Been Taken Offline
Iranian power industry officials said Thursday, August 12, that “several power generation units were taken offline due to technical defects.” According to ISNA, Mohammad Hassan Metoli Zadeh, CEO of Tavanir, noted that the power plants were “hydroelectric.”
According to Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, spokesman for Iran’s power industry, the country’s electricity generation decreased on Thursday due to technical defects in units at power plants in Isfahan, Bandar Abbas, and Jahrom. He added that “efforts are being made to return these units to the grid by the end of Thursday night.”
The CEO of Tavanir Company also said this issue “resulted in reduced production and power outages in the country.”
Currently, electricity in many parts of Iran is cut off for at least certain hours of the day according to scheduled blackout tables. Last month, widespread outages that exceeded the announced schedules were accompanied by widespread protests by citizens in various parts of Iran.
Iranian officials say electricity consumption in Iran has increased due to “higher temperatures and illegal cryptocurrency mining.”
Voice of America previously reported in its reports evidence of the footprints of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as well as Chinese companies in Iran’s electricity consumption for cryptocurrency mining.
The Tavanir CEO’s statements about “technical defects” in hydroelectric power plants come at a time when Iran is facing its worst drought in the past 50 years.
Source: Voice of America
