BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 10
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The electricity generation of the Shirvan Combined Cycle Power plant in the North Khorasan Province (north-eastern Iran) amounted to 5.51 million megawatt-hours, during the first nine months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through December 21, 2021),Engineer at Shirvan Power Plant Ali Gholinejad said, Trend reports citing Iranian Energy Ministry.
According to him, 5.4 million megawatt-hours of electricity generated for the reporting period were supplied to Iran's electricity network, which is an increase of 28 percent, compared to the same period last Iranian year.
“Of the mentioned volume, 3.83 million megawatt-hours were generated by gas units and 1.57 million megawatt-hours – by steam units,” Gholinejad added.
Iran’s Shirvan Combined Cycle Power Plant can generate a total of 1,114 megawatt-hours of electricity. The power plant has 6 gas units with a generation capacity of 159 megawatt-hours each, and 3 steam units with a generation capacity of 160 megawatt-hours each.
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