Deputy Energy Minister: Summer 1405 Power Shortfall Falls From About 20,000 to 10,000 MW as Solar Capacity Grows 50%

Mashallah Tabe-Jamaat, the Energy Ministry's deputy for human capital, research and information technology, said on Tuesday, 10 November 2026 (19 Aban 1405), on the sidelines of the Iran International Electricity Industry Exhibition (edition 26), that the country's electricity generation capacity has reached about 103,000 megawatts. He said the power shortfall, which reached about 20,000 megawatts in past years, fell to about 10,000 megawatts in summer 1405 through demand management and operational measures, and that summer electricity consumption was about 3 percent lower.

Tabe-Jamaat said the pace of solar plant development has risen eightfold over the past two years and solar capacity is up 50 percent; he said additions now run at no less than 100 megawatts a week. He added that 95 percent of the electricity industry's equipment is supplied domestically and that investment in energy-efficiency measures has reached about 11 to 12 trillion tomans. He said more than 2,000 hits on the transmission and distribution network were reported during the war but no widespread blackout occurred. These figures are statements by a ministry official and have not been published independently.