Renewable Energy Crucial to Curb Gas, Water Consumption

The development of renewable energy can immensely curtail annual natural gas consumption in thermal power plants, Iran Renewable Energy Association’s (IrREA) secretary-general said.
“Close to 71 billion cubic meters of gas are burnt in power stations in Iran each year to generate around 300 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. This is while a small investment in renewables can help reduce gas consumption substantially,” ILNA also quoted Mohammad Amin Zanganeh as saying.
Supplying as little as 20% of total annual power demand with the help of green energy resources, namely solar and wind that does not require huge investments, can curb annual gas consumption in power plants by as much as 14 bcm, which equals the annual production of one phase of South Pars Gas Field, he added.