BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 27. Iran’s Shahid Rajaee Thermal Power Plant in the Qazvin Province (northern Iran) generated 1.24 billion kilowatts of electricity, during the 4th month of the current Iranian year (June 22 through June July 22, 2023), compared to the same month in the last year, Deputy Director of the Shahid Rajaee TPP, Javad Dusti said, Trend reports.
“Of the mentioned volume, 567 million kilowatts were generated by the combined cycle units of the thermal power plant, and 675 million kilowatts by steam units,” the deputy director noted.
Dusti added that currently, Shahid Rajaee TPP operates at maximum capacity due to the maximum electricity consumption in the country during the summer season.
Meanwhile, the Shahid Rajaee Thermal Power Plant has 13 units. Four of them are steam units each generation capacity of 250 megawatt-hours, and the rest are combined-cycle units. In total, the TPP can generate 2,040 megawatts of electricity.
There are currently 616 power units operating in 134 TPPs in Iran. The power generation capacity of the country's thermal power plants is 74,198 megawatt-hours.
At present, the power generation capacity of Iran's all power plants including, thermal, hydroelectric, nuclear, renewable, etc. is approximately 91,000 megawatt-hours. Of this, 82 percent are accounted for by the country’s thermal power plants.
Overall, Iran’s thermal power plants generated more than 80 million megawatts of electricity within the first three months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through June 21, 2023).
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