50 MW Wind Farm in NW Comes on Stream

A 50 megawatt wind farm in Aqkand City, Mianeh County, East Azarbaijan Province, was launched Wednesday.
Aqkand wind farm can generate 175,000 megawatt-hours of electricity a year, enough to meet the demand of 104,000 households, the Energy Ministry news portal Paven reported.
Production of this amount of electricity in a thermal power plant would need 49 million cubic meters of natural gas and consume 38,000 cubic meters of water per year.
It also will prevent emission of over 119,000 tons of greenhouse gases and pollutants.