Zanjan, Yazd Tapping Into Small-Scale Power Plants

The 25th small-scale power plant in Zanjan Province with distributed generation system has joined the national electricity grid.
With a capacity of 24 megawatts, the facility was built by a private company over 3,000 square meters and cost $11.5 million, the Energy Ministry news portal Paven reported.
With the launch of the plant, total power generation in the region covered by Zanjan Regional Electric Company reached 163.2 MW.
Distributed generation refers to electricity produced in small quantities near the point of use, as alternative or supplement to traditional centralized grid-connected power.