Raising Power Output Without Swelling Gas Consumption

It is possible to increase power production capacity in Iran by 7,500 megawatts without raising gas consumption by converting thermal power plants into combined-cycle units, managing director of Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
Mohsen Tarztalab made the remark at the inauguration ceremony of the first steam unit of Assaluyeh Combined-Cycle Power Plant in Bushehr Province on Thursday, the Energy Ministry news website Paven reported.
By converting gas units into combined-cycle units, it is possible to reduce greenhouse gases by 43 million tons per year and increase the efficiency of power plants by 4%, he noted, adding that it would also save the use of 12 billion cubic meters of gas as feedstock.