Venezuela is to enforce power cuts in 10 of its 23 states amid economic doldrums that have caused rampant power crisis across the country.

Iran’s electricity export to Pakistan is set to rise by 40 percent, says official.

Syria’s state media say the country’s nationwide electricity network is down for unknown reasons.

Kabul faces major power cuts over the recent destruction of an electricity pylon.

Iran's former foreign minister Kamal Kharrazi - now the head of the country's External Relations Council - says Iran needs to switch to exporting electricity from exporting natural gas.

The Black Sea Crimean Peninsula declares a state of emergency following power outage.

Iran has put together a package for $25 billion of investment in its booming power industry which is key to the country’s economic recovery, head of Iran Power Transmission, Generation and Distribution Company (Tavanir) says.

Iran’s Ministry of Energy has signed an agreement with a German company to build 1,250 megawatts of solar energy projects in the hydrocarbon-rich country’s latest move to green its energy supply chain.

The Iranian government says it has signed an agreement worth $6 billion with a European company to build 4,250 megawatts of power capacity in the country.

Germany’s Green Energy 3000 GmbH has signed an agreement to generate 10 megawatts of solar power in the southwestern Iranian city of Ahvaz, a news agency says.