BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 3. The electricity generation of the Shahid Salimi (Neka) Thermal Power Plant in the Mazandaran Province (northern Iran) increased by 4.5 percent, over the last Iranian year (March 21, 2021 through March 20, 2022), compared to the preceding Iranian year (March 20, 2020 through March 20, 2021), the head of Iran’s Neka Power Generation Management Company Hossein Ali Taziki said, Trend reports citing Iranian Energy Ministry.
The official said that the Shahid Salimi TPP generated over 10.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity over last Iranian year.
Taziki added that 79.7 percent of the electricity was generated by steam units and 20.3 percent - by combined-cycle units.
"Meanwhile, in the 12th month of the last Iranian year (February 20 through March 20, 2022), the power plant generated about 699 million kilowatt-hours of electricity. About 676 million kilowatt-hours of which have been supplied to Iran's electricity network," he said.
According to the official, the Shahid Salimi TPP has fulfilled its annual plan by 101 percent.
Iran's Shahid Salimi (Neka) TPP has four steam units, and each of them can generate 440 megawatts of electricity. The thermal power plant also has two gas units, each of which can generate 137.6 megawatts of electricity.
In addition, the TPP has one gas-steam unit with a capacity of 160 megawatts of electricity and two expansion turbines with a capacity of 9.4 megawatts each.
Iran's Shahid Salimi Neka TPP has the capacity to generate a total of 2,214 megawatts of electricity and accounts for more than 4 percent of electricity generated in Iran.
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