BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 30. The electricity generation of Iran’s Shahid Rajaee Thermal Power Plant in the Qazvin Province (northern Iran), increased by 3.8 percent, during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through July 22, 2023), compared to the same period in the last year, Deputy Director of the Shahid Rajaee TPP, Javad Dusti said, Trend reports.
Dusti noted that the Shahid Rajaee TPP generated over 4.29 billion kilowatts of electricity in 4 months.
“Of the mentioned volume, 1.96 billion kilowatts were generated by the combined cycle units of the thermal power plant, while 2.33 billion kilowatts by steam units,” the deputy director added.
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.
In Iran, electricity consumption is around 40,000 megawatts per day, except for the summer season (June 22 through September 22). Currently, electricity consumption in Iran is more than 72,700 megawatts per day.
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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