Power Plants Improving Efficiency

The efficiency of thermal power plants improved 2% in 2020 to reach 40% and cut natural gas consumption (feedstock) by two billion cubic meters, managing director of Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
“As efficiency increases, less natural gas is used in the power stations,” ISNA quoted Mohsen Tarztalab as saying.
An estimated 44 billion cubic meters of gas is consumed annually in Iran’s 123 thermal power plants that produce 300 billion kilowatt hours of electricity, the TPPHC chief said and added that 1% rise in efficiency helps cut gas use by 1 bcm per year.
Last year, nine steam units with a capacity of 1,500 megawatts became operational in Kermanshah, Tehran, North Khorasan, Bushehr and Mazandaran provinces.