Thermal power output grew 5% in the first six months of the current fiscal that started in March compared to the corresponding period last year, Mohsen Tarztalab, head of Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said Saturday, Mehr News Agency reported.
"Thermal power stations generated 42,000 megawatt hours of electricity per day in the period -- a 5% increase compared to last year," he said, noting that thermal plants running on fossil fuels accounted for 96% of the total electricity production in the six months to September 22.
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