Hydropower Capacity to Increase by 20 Percent in Summer

Hydropower plants are expected to generate more than 55,000 megawatt-hours of electricity on a daily basis between June and August that will be 20% more than last year’s output of 46,000 MW hours per day in the same period, the head of Dispatching Department at Iran Water Resources Management Company said.
“The nationwide project to overhaul 59 hydroelectric power plants to improve their output finishes in May and all stations will be fully operational in June,” Javad Hajiani was also quoted as saying by Barq News.
The plants’ total production capacity is projected to reach 12,187 megawatts, yet the figure barely reached 11,000 MW last year due to technical defects in some stations, he added.