To save natural resources in power stations and fight the menace of air pollution, plans are underway to boost thermal power plants' efficiency from 37% to 40% by the end of the Sixth Five-Year Development Plan (2022), the head of Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
"In line with these efforts, a highly-efficient gas-fueled power stations with an efficiency of 40% will become operational in the near future in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province," Mohsen Tarztalab was also quoted as saying by ISNA.
Average thermal plant efficiency in Iran is 13% lower than European Union standards.
July 15, 2018 17:55
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The Energy Ministry has boosted efficiency in thermal power plants by 1% over the past four years, which resulted in saving 6.1 billion cubic meters of natural gas as feedstock in the fiscal 2016-17 alone
With an installed power production capacity of around 80,000 MW, Iran meets almost 80% of its electricity demand from thermal plants
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