BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 29. Electricity production at the Bandar Abbas thermal power plant (TPP) in southern Iran's Hormozgan province amounted to 3.4 million megawatt hours during ten months of the current Iranian year (from March 20, 2024, through January 19, 2025), Deputy Director of the Bandar Abbas thermal power plant Mehdi Moradi said, Trend reports.
According to him, 3.28 million megawatts of electricity produced in ten months are attributed to the plant's steam units, while 128,000 megawatts are attributed to gas units.
Moradi added that during the tenth month (from December 21, 2024, through January 19, 2025), about 198,000 megawatt-hours of electricity were produced at the Bandar Abbas thermal power plant. For the tenth month, 195,000 megawatt-hours of electricity were produced at the steam units of the plant and 2,600 megawatt-hours at the gas units.
This TPP is one of the main thermal power plants in Iran. The production potential of this plant is 1,330 megawatts. The station has four units of 320-megawatt steam units and two units of 25-megawatt gas units.
Over 300 million megawatt hours of electricity were produced at Iranian thermal power plants during the ten months.
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 1,450 megawatts, the production potential of the Bushehr nuclear power plant is 1,020 megawatts, and the production potential of diesel units is 408 megawatts.
The Bandar Abbas Power Plant is a 1,280 MW gas-fired power facility. It is situated in Hormozgan, Iran. The project is presently underway. It has been developed in several phases. Upon completion of construction, the project was commissioned in September 1980. It is sometimes referred to as the Bandar Abbas Combined Cycle Power Plant and the Hengam Combined Cycle Power Plant. The power plant operates on dual fuel. The principal fuel utilized to operate the facility is gas. In the event of a gas shortage, the facility is capable of operating on diesel fuel.
