BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 10. Iran has the potential to produce more than 800 megawatts of electricity from biomass energy, the representative of Iran's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization, Khulia Sadat Hosseini, told reporters, Trend reports.
According to Hosseini, plants capable of producing 21 megawatts of electricity have been put into operation so far.
Hosseini stated that five stations capable of producing 22.3 megawatts of electricity are currently under construction.
The official noted that Iran generates 55,000–60,000 tons of waste every day. The construction of biomass power plants will solve the problem of dumping 13,000 tons of garbage per day.
She added that in addition, it has been decided to build biomass power plants capable of producing 200 megawatts of electricity in the country.
Furthermore, she noted that among the biomass power plants being built in the country are Isfahan with 1.2 megawatts, Qom with 1.2 megawatts, Kashan with 466 kilowatt-hours, and Shiraz with 1 megawatt.
Hosseini emphasized that investors investing in the construction of biomass power plants can sign a contract with Iran's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization for 20 years and are guaranteed to sell electricity to Iran's Ministry of Energy.
To note, Iran's electricity production potential is 93,455 megawatts. The production potential of Iran's thermal power plants is 76,257 megawatts, production potential of hydroelectric power plants - 12,144 megawatts, production potential of retail power plants - 2,485 megawatts, production potential of renewable power plants - 1,300 megawatts, production potential of Bushehr nuclear power plant - 1,020 megawatts, and the production potential of diesel units - 408 megawatts.