Mazut to Be Used Only in Power Plants Outside Cities

Only power plants located outside cities will be allowed to use mazut, if necessary in winter, the head of the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company’s Fuel Planning Office said.
Emphasizing that the priority of all power stations in Iran is to use natural gas, Sanaz Jafarzadeh added that in the winter, among the 18 steam power plants across the country, 14 are located outside the cities and could use mazut in emergency, Energy Today website quoted her as saying.
“Last year, mazut comprised less than 8% of the fuel used by power plants,” she said, noting that the liquid fuel has not been used in the plants situated inside Isfahan and Tehran for more than 10 years.