Steam Playing Bigger Role in Power Output

Construction of steam units has started in several power plants and more will be added soon, a senior executive at the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
“With the construction of 46 steam units across the country, total electricity production will increase by about 7,500 megawatts without raising fuel consumption,” Hamid Sardari was quoted as saying by IRNA. 
If the same amount of power was to be produced by gas units, more than 12 billion cubic meters of gas would be burnt, he added.