The Iranian government plans to install 10,000 megawatts of new power generating capacity with the help of private investors, an official with Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH) says.

Iran has signed a contract with Russia to supply it with 40 turbines to help its gas industry amid Western sanctions, Shana news agency reports.

Iran’s Mapna Group built 5.7 GW of power plants in other countries, its CEO says.

Iranian company MAPNA Group repairs part of the power plant in Syria’s city of Aleppo, whose electricity grid was destroyed during the years-long conflict.