Category: Technology
Thermal power plants’ output up 14% in 3.5 months yr/yr_thumbnail

TEHRAN – Iran’s thermal power plants generated 106 million megawatt-hours of electricity since the beginning of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21) up to July 13, registering a 14-percent rise compared to the previous year’s same period. According to Esmail Namazi, the director-general of Research and Construction Office of Thermal Power Plants Holding Company […]

Japan, UNDP promote waste management in Tehran_thumbnail

TEHRAN – The Municipality of Tehran in cooperation with Japan and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) unveiled reverse vending machines (RVMs) on Tuesday to promote waste management in the capital. The machines are manufactured by Iranian knowledge-based companies, which have been funded by the Japanese government with the cooperation of UNDP. Under the waste […]

Iran to import 140MW of electricity from Turkmenistan_thumbnail

TEHRAN- Iranian Energy Ministry’s Spokesman for Electricity Industry Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi said the country will import 140 megawatts (MW) of electricity from Turkmenistan in a bid to meet domestic power need. Emphasizing the ministry’s efforts for meeting the country’s electricity requirement, he said that 140 MW of electricity will be imported from Turkmenistan at the […]

INOTEX 2021 underway in Tehran_thumbnail

TEHRAN – The 10th International Innovation and Technology Exhibition (INOTEX 2021) is underway at Tehran Permanent International Fairground. The event, observing health protocols, is held both virtually and in person on May 18-21. INOTEX has become a platform for the supply of innovation and technology, exchange of technical knowledge, as well as partnerships between companies […]

Over 130,000 public transport vehicles to become dual-fuel_thumbnail

TEHRAN – The Director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC)’s compressed natural gas (CNG) programs Mohammad-Hossein Baqeri has said that 132,000 public transport vehicles are going to become dual-fueled across the country. The mentioned vehicles are going to become dual-fuel under the framework of a program launched back in May 2020, […]

250 industrial projects with over 60% progress to be completed by Mar. 2022_thumbnail

TEHRAN – Iranian Industry, Mining, and Trade Ministry plans to complete 250 important industrial projects with over 60 percent physical progress by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2022). According to the Industry Ministry’s programs for the current year, pioneering projects including steel sheet production units and knowledge-based projects are the […]

Mining sector records annual positive trade balance_thumbnail

TEHRAN – Iranian mining industry has registered a $4.271 billion positive trade balance in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20), according to the Industry, Mining and Trade Ministry data. Based on the mentioned data, some 55.124 million tons of minerals and mining industry products worth $7.682 billion were exported in the previous […]

Tens of Millions of Dollars of Investment on Research and Development by SNOWA_thumbnail

As Iranian companies experience growth and development among countless challenges, the strategies outlined today for the future will play an important role in the quality of presence in the future. In the meantime, forward-looking investment in research and development is a key parameter. Tens of Millions of Dollars of Investment on Research and Development by […]

COVIRAN starts third clinical trial_thumbnail

TEHRAN – COVIRAN BAREKAT, the first coronavirus vaccine made by Iranian researchers, started the third phase of the human trial by being administrated to 20,000 people. Minoo Mohraz, head of COVIRAN BAREKAT’s clinical trials, received the first vaccine on Sunday. The vaccine was unveiled on December 29, 2020, and started to be mass-produced on March […]

Combined cycle power plants’ output reaches new record high_thumbnail

TEHRAN – The electricity generated by Iran’s combined cycle power plants increased by 20 percent in the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20) compared to the preceding year, reaching over 158 million megawatt-hours (MWh), IRNA reported. Iran has been turning its thermal power plans into combined cycle plants in order to reduce greenhouse […]

Iraqi electricity minister to visit Tehran for talks_thumbnail

Ahmad Mousa al-Abadi told state Iraqi television that the main axis of the agenda of the  Iraqi electricity minister Majid Mahdi Hantoush is to supply gas to Iraq’s power plants. He pointed out that the Iraqi Minister of Electricity will confer with the Minister of the Islamic Republic of Iran on exporting gas to Iraq and […]

Iran’s Ghazi wins 2 medals at World Innovation Tournament_thumbnail

Koushki said that Ghazi received a bronze medal with the project “Smart Hospital” at the World Innovation Tournament in Africa. She won a silver medal at the tournament with the project “Intelligent Robot against COVID-19” , he added. He noted that the team of Iranian inventions in the world tournaments of Tesla’s top innovations and the ARCA competitions in Croatia […]

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