BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 26. The electricity production of Iran's Bistoon Thermal Power Plant has increased 24 percent during eight months of the current Iranian year (from March 20 through November 2024) compared to the same period of last year (from March 21 through November 21, 2023), Executive Director of Iran's Bistoon Electric Company Masoud Mirza Asghari said, Trend reports.
According to Mirza Asghari, Bistoon Thermal Power Plant has produced 2.79 billion kilowatt hours of electricity during eight months.
Asghari Mirza added that the Bistoon thermal power plant produced 323 million kilowatt hours of electricity for the eighth month (from October 22 through November 2024). This is 61 percent more than the same month last year (from October 23 through November 21, 2023). A total of 295 million kilowatt-hours of generated electricity was transmitted to the country's power grid.
Iran's Bistoon thermal power plant in Kermanshah province has two units of 320 megawatt-hours each.
To note, Iran's electricity production potential is 93,455 megawatts. The production potential of Iran's thermal power plants is 76,257 megawatts, the production potential of hydroelectric power plants is 12,144 megawatts, the production potential of retail power plants is 2,485 megawatts, the production potential of renewable power plants is 1,300 megawatts, the production potential of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is 1,020 megawatts, and the production potential of diesel units is 408 megawatts.
