Iran’s power consumption hits record high amid surge in manufacturing use
Iranian Energy Ministry has issued a warning about increased use of electricity in the country as demand in the manufacturing sector surges to record levels.
A spokesman of Iran’s national electricity company said on Saturday that power usage across the country had increased by 17.5 percent year on year on January 2, saying consumption had exceeded the alert threshold.
Mostafa Rajabi would not elaborate on detailed usage figures. However, a report earlier this week suggested that Iran’s total consumption of electricity was reaching nearly 40 gigawatt hours (GWh) in peak hour times.
Rajabi said that growing demand in the manufacturing sector was responsible for a bulk of increased electricity consumption in the country, adding that large manufacturers had consumed 15 percent more electricity year on year January 2.
Rising power use have also put Iranian fuel supplies under strain as power plants across the country have been forced to change fuel supplies from natural gas to mazut and other liquid fuels.
Rajabi said power plants had decreased their natural gas consumption to 183 million cubic meters (mcm) per day from highs of nearly 200 mcm per day seen last month.
That has come to help the Oil Ministry to maintain a stable flow of natural gas to the households during the current cold spell in the country, he said.
The official said electricity generation by the Iranian hydroelectric power plants had increased significantly to compensate for lower output in gas-fired plants, adding that hydroelectric plants were using 74 percent more water to be able to supply enough power to the national electricity grid.
A report by the official IRNA news agency on December 28 showed that Iran’s total electricity usage had reached 39.940 GWh in peak hours, a surge of 6.77 percent year on year. The report said that off-peak consumption on the same day had also risen by 13.28 percent to 38.316 GWh.
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