Efficiency of Thermal Power Plants Hits 40%

To help cut natural gas consumption as feedstock in power stations and fight the menace of air pollution, the efficiency of thermal power plants has been boosted by 3% over the last three years to reach 40%, the power industry’s spokesman said.
“The improvement has reduced annual gas use in power plants by at least 3 billion cubic meters,” Mostafa Rajabi-Mashhadi was also quoted as saying by Bargh News website.
As efficiency increases, less natural gas is used in the power stations, he added.
“An estimated 50 billion cubic meters of gas are consumed annually in Iran’s 129 thermal power plants that produce close to 300 billion kilowatt hours of electricity,” he said, stressing that a 1% rise in efficiency helps cut gas use by 1 bcm per year.