Iran’s power generation capacity rises 1000 MW since March
TEHRAN (Basirat) : Iran has increased its electricity generation capacity by 1000 megawatts (MW) since the beginning of current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2018), IRIB reported citing energy ministry’s news portal (known as Paven).
Of the mentioned capacity, 92MW has been supplied by renewable power plants, 144
MW from dispersed generation units, 320 MW was accounted for by combined cycle
power plants, 383 megawatts came from gas power plants and finally 70 megawatts
from hydroelectric units.
As reported, the energy ministry also plans to add another 2,465 MW capacity of
new power plants to the country’s power network by June 2019.
According to Iran’s energy ministry, the country’s current power generation
capacity stands at near 80,000 MW.
Currently, of the total nominal capacity of the country's power plants, the
share of hydroelectric power plants is 19.87 percent while gas power plants
generate 31.41 percent of the country’s total electricity, the share of combined
cycle power plants is 29.48 percent, and finally the renewable power plants
account only for 0.79 percent of Iran’s total power generation capacity.
Source:TehranTimes
