The CEO of Persian Gulf Fajr Energy Company, highlighting the company’s efforts to inject electricity into the national grid during hot seasons as part of its social responsibility and in line with Persian Gulf Holding’s strategy to reduce the country’s energy imbalance, announced that the company supplied electricity for about 600,000 Khuzestan residents last summer.
According to the Public Relations Department of Persian Gulf Fajr Energy Company, Ali Zalkhani stated that as the driving force behind the petrochemical industries in the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone, “Bafajr” is responsible for producing and supplying electricity, steam, industrial air, industrial water, and treating industrial wastewater for the regional petrochemical plants.
He noted that over the past six years, as part of its social responsibility, the company has played a pivotal role in maintaining the stability of the regional power grid and meeting the needs of the public during hot seasons by injecting 500 megawatt-hours of electricity into the national grid.
Zalkhani added that in the past year, during the hot season, the company’s injected power into the national grid totaled more than 1.4 billion kilowatt-hours, equivalent to the annual electricity consumption of 125,000 households (about 600,000 people) in Khuzestan Province.
It is worth noting that during the peak electricity consumption period of the national grid in summer 2024, from early May to the end of October, the company’s power generation units—similar to previous years—supplied part of the electricity produced for its self-sufficient industries to the national grid. On average, Persian Gulf Fajr Energy accounted for over 19.6% of all self-generated industrial electricity injected into the national grid nationwide, with this figure exceeding 25% in June.
These figures, in addition to ensuring essential services for the petrochemical plants in the region, demonstrate the vital role of Fajr Energy’s power generation in reducing blackouts and maintaining the continuity and stability of the national grid, particularly in Khuzestan Province.