"Energy management is one of the important
issues that impact both our economic and operational aspects of our
performance," said Omid Shahidinia in a meeting with the CEOs of petrochemical
plants in the PETZONE.
The official added: "The ISO 50001: 2011
approach should be pursued throughout the country, and the culture of energy
control and management should be implemented at all levels."
He said in the past two years, they had been
trying to institutionalize the energy efficiency cultures and measures had been
taken in that regard.
“Fortunately, so far, we have made good progress
in resolving the initial problems in our organization,” he said.
A few months ago a 20-KW solar power plant was
launched whose output is injected to the power grid in the region, he said.
“We plan to create a 100-MW solar power plant and
we hope to introduce this plant as a pilot project for industrial use to the
regional companies, so that the companies in the region.”