The first geothermal power plant near the city of Meshkinshahr in northwest Ardebil Province will come on stream by June, the Ardebil governor said.
Costing $9 million, the plant has a capacity of 50 megawatts but only “its first phase with 5 MW capacity is ready for operation,” IRNA quoted Akbar Behnamju as saying.
“Construction of the transmission line to link the geothermal plant to Meshkinshahr is over and the plant will be inaugurated next month,” he added.
Geothermal power is a renewable energy because its source is the unlimited amount of heat generated by the Earth's core.
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