Maintenance and Repairs Add 620 Megawatts to Power Output

Upgrading, repair and maintenance of thermal power plants added 620 megawatts to the total output since the beginning of the current fiscal (ends in March), an official at the Thermal Power Plant Holding Company said Sunday.
“With a small investment in maintenance programs, another 1,500 MW will be added to the domestic generation capacity,” Abdolrasoul Pishahang was quoted as saying by the Energy Today website.
National production capacity is over 82,000 MW, a large part of which comes from thermal power plants that were built two decades ago.
One of the problems with ageing power plants is that their efficiency declines with age and repairs are needed.