The head of the National Productivity Organization of Iran expressed alarming considerations. As of 2022, Iran holds the doubtful distinction of getting the very best vitality depth on this planet. Mirsaman Pishwai mentioned on January 27 that the unstable rating is because of a mixture of “vitality waste and low effectivity.”
Global statistics from the World Bank and the European Union Environment Agency additionally replicate this opinion, with Iran rating on the backside of the world by way of vitality consumption depth. The index, calculated because the ratio of vitality consumption to the nation’s gross home product (GDP), reveals a harsh actuality for Iran.
Comparatively, Iran consumes as a lot vitality as an financial powerhouse, though its GDP is just one-tenth that of Germany. In distinction, Turkey, which has an financial system 2.2 occasions bigger than Iran, and Saudi Arabia, which has an financial system 3 times bigger, each devour much less vitality than Iran.
Over the previous decade, World Bank statistics have proven worrying tendencies. Iran’s vitality consumption has soared by practically 29%, whereas Germany and Turkey have seen a discount of about 14%. Globally, vitality consumption fell by 11% over the identical interval.
The overwhelming share of Iran’s complete vitality consumption comes from fuel, accounting for 68%, of which greater than 30% comes from petroleum merchandise. Renewable vitality sources comparable to hydropower, photo voltaic, wind and nuclear energy account for lower than 2% of the nation’s vitality combine.
Contributing to Iran’s excessive vitality consumption depth is a twin problem. First, the Majlis Research Center estimates {that a} quarter of the vitality produced within the nation is a critical vitality loss, misplaced throughout manufacturing, transmission, or conversion to electrical energy, leading to no profit to shoppers. won’t deliver. This concern was additionally emphasised by the top of Iran’s National Productivity Organization.
Second, inefficiencies in energy crops, business, vehicles, and different main energy-consuming sectors additional exacerbate the issue. Finally, Iran’s GDP has plummeted from greater than $640 billion in 2012 to $413 billion in 2022, in accordance with the World Bank, additional exacerbating the problem. Due to a shrinking financial system and rising vitality consumption, Iran is dealing with an alarming improve in vitality consumption.