Iran Press/Iran News: Speaking at an open session of Iranian Parliament (Majlis) on Wednesday morning chaired by the Speaker Mohammad-Bagher Qalibaf, Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian referred to the situation of water, electricity and gas consumption in the country, saying: "Although the population of our country has increased by about two-thirds over the last four decades, thanks to the efforts of the authorities, the access of citizens to electricity are higher than the global average, and in the past four decades, however, despite the country's population being only 36 million, many people did not have access to electricity."
"Iran's access to electricity is about 100 percent, while this figure is estimated 96 percent for other countries. Since the year 1392, about 16,000 MW has been added to the country's electricity capacity, and we hope that this figure will reach 20,000 MW and more by the end of the 12th government," Ardakanian noted.
Iran's Minister of Energy added: "Today, Iran is ranked fourteenth in power plant capacity, and I promise that by the end of the twelfth government we will have reached a capacity of 830 MW in the field of renewable energy."
According to Ardakanian, the country's foreign exchange needs are $1,200 million in a year, half of which is offset by electricity exports to neighbors, which Iraq is one of them.
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