Iran's Energy Ministry Reports Solar Capacity Expansion and Two Neka Gas Units Entering Service

Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, deputy energy minister for electricity, said on Thursday, 15 October 2026 (23 Mehr 1405), during a tour of power projects in Mazandaran that Iran's solar generation capacity has reached about 6,200 megawatts, and that more solar capacity is being added in the province before the cold season begins. Mehr News Agency reported the remarks.\n\nHe said on the same day that two gas units at the Neka plant entered service, one after 120 days and the other in under 100 days. The steam unit of the Neka combined-cycle plant is due to be ready for grid connection by summer 1406, 64 megawatts of small-scale plants are planned in Mazandaran, four transmission and sub-transmission substations have entered service, and land has been secured for a new Mahmoudabad plant.\n\nRajabi Mashhadi said on Thursday that the country's gas production capacity fell by about 230 million cubic metres a day after the attack and that work continues to restore about 100 million cubic metres of it. To manage possible energy restrictions in the cold months, 60 operational programmes have been drawn up nationwide. These figures are the ministry official's statements.