Keeping Iran's light burning

Keeping Iran's light burning

Azim Etemadi, CEO of the company specializing in thermal power generation

Sometimes a bright light is the simplest picture of great responsibility. Behind this bright light, there are chains of day and night efforts; from a power plant that works nonstop to an engineer who monitors a unit's status in the hardest hours; from the maintenance team that finishes the line before the peak season begins to the manager who has to make decisions for today and tomorrow in the electricity sector.

For us in the thermal power industry, "power generation" is not just an economic or technical metric; it is part of the responsibility we bear toward the people and the future of the country. Today, thermal power plants supply more than 90% of the country's electricity needs. From the beginning of the year to the end of September, more than 190 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were generated in thermal power plants.

We must prepare the electricity industry not just for today, but for the years to come. This means that simultaneously, we must maintain sustainable production, increase efficiency, manage fuel consumption, renovate and upgrade existing power plants, and wherever necessary build new capacity, moving with a strict economic and technical vision.

If a light is burning today, it is not the result of the efforts of one person or one group; it is the result of chains of people each fulfilling their part in this national responsibility.