Iran to add 10 new units to its power plants

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News ID: 53674
Iran » Iran
Publish Date: 16:11 - 29 September 2021
Wednesday, 29 September 2021 (YJC)_Iran’s Thermal Power Plant Holding (TPPH) plans to construct 10 new steam units with a total capacity of 1,752 megawatts (MW) in the country’s combined-cycle power plants by the next summer’s peak consumption period, a TPPH official announced.

Iran to add 10 new units to its power plantsAccording to TPPH’s Deputy Managing Director for Planning Hamidreza Azimi, the inauguration of the units, in addition to increasing the country's electricity generation capacity, will boost the efficiency of thermal power plants, IRNA reported.

“With these units going operational, about 2.5 billion cubic meters of fuel will also be saved annually,” Azimi added.

The official said that the units are being constructed in Jahrom, Harris, Orumiyeh, Chabahar, Dalahou, Sabalan, Ferdowsi, and Assaluyeh power plants.

Over the past decade, constant temperature rising and the significant decrease of rainfalls across Iran have put the country in a hard situation regarding electricity supply during peak consumption periods.

In this regard, the Energy Ministry has been following new programs to meet the country’s power demand during peak periods and to prevent outages.

Constructing new units in the country’s power plants and also building new power plants for major industries are among the programs that are being pursued seriously by the ministry in collaboration with other related government entities.

In July, Deputy Industry, Mine, and Trade Minister Saeid Zarandi announced the signing of an MoU with the Energy Ministry for constructing power plants for big industries.

One of the main goals of the MoU is to provide reliable and sustainable electricity to high-consuming industries and the country’s industrial parks in order to reduce the pressure imposed on the national grid in the industry and mining sector, officials said.

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