Iran reports major increase in its electricity consumption
The Iranian Energy Ministry says electricity consumption in the country reached a new record on May 1 amid a sudden heat wave that increased demand for cooling.
The CEO of the state electricity company Tavanir said on Saturday that power usage in Iran had peaked at 58.7 gigawatts (GW) on May 1, adding that the figure was an increase of 9 GW from the same day in 2024.
Mostafa Rajabi warned that demand for electricity in Iran would experience unprecedented records this year because of the rising temperatures.
However, a detailed report released by Tavanir on Saturday showed that electricity demand in Iran had reached 58.676 GW on May 1, an increase of 17.85% from the same day last year.
The report said that temperatures had increased by 4.47 degrees Celsius year on year on the same day to reach an average of 25.67 degrees Celsius.
Iran has been struggling to respond to a rising demand for electricity in recent years.
The country has even been forced to introduce brief power cuts in cities and towns while restricting electricity supplies to large manufacturers.
Peak demand for electricity in Iran reached a historic record of 85 GW last summer, with authorities saying that the consumption was equal to figures reported in an industrial country like Germany and three times the usage in a populous country like Egypt.
The Iranian Energy Ministry hopes it can cope with this year’s peak electricity consumption by relying on a batch of renewable power plants that will come on line in the coming weeks.
The government announced in January that it will offer up to $5 billion worth of easy loans to builders of renewable power plants in the next four years to offset electricity production issues caused by fuel shortages in the country's thermal power plants.
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