Routine maintenance of 84 thermal power plants has been completed with a 33-day delay, head of Technical Affairs Department of the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said. “Overhaul that…
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Studies are underway to redesign gas turbines in power plants so that gas condensate can be used as feedstock instead of natural gas, a deputy energy minister said. “Our engineers and…
The total liquid fuel delivered to the power plants across Iran last year (ended March 19) was 13.8 billion liters, of which about 4.3 billion liters were mazut and 9.5 billion liters diesel,…
The average efficiency of thermal power plants reached 38.58% last year (ended in March), which was 0.48% more than the year before, managing director of Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding…
Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said it has plans to phase out power plants with low efficiency (20%), and two ageing power stations in Tehran, namely Tarasht and Rey, could be…
Close to 1,800 megawatts will be added to the national grid next month to help meet rising demand in summer, managing director of Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said. “Thermal…
To help improve power supply in Lorestan Province (especially in summertime), the second gas unit of Khorramabad Combined Cycle Power Plant became operational on Monday, head of the Department…
Electricity consumption growth jumps between 5 to 7% per year, and to meet the rising demand power infrastructure (generation and transmission) should expand without interruption, head of state-…
By the end of the current year (March 2021), the efficiency of thermal power plants will increase by 1% to reach 39%, managing director of Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said. “…
While hydroelectric power plants in Tehran Province set a record last year, these are expected to have normal output this year, head of hydropower installations at Tehran Regional Electricity…
The third steam unit of Parand Combined-Cycle Power Plant in south Tehran was connected to the national power network on Thursday, raising total production capacity to 83,800 megawatts, deputy…
Routine overhaul of thermal power plants has not been impeded by the coronavirus outbreak and projects are on schedule, the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company deputy for renovation affairs…
One of the programs of the Energy Ministry in the current fiscal year (started March 20) is to use gas condensates for gas turbines in power plants, Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said in a…
A small-scale power plant with distributed generation system in Marivan County, Kurdestan Province, will come online before the onset of the summer season, managing director of West Regional…
Iranian engineers have indigenized an important piece of equipment used in hydroelectric power plants, the deputy for operation affairs at Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company.
Installed power generation capacity in Iran reached 83,000 megawatts. Deputy Energy Minister Homayoun Haerisaid this at a ceremony to inaugurate the first phase of Khorramabad Combined Cycle…
Power plants in Gilan Province generated 12.5 million megawatt hours of electricity since March 2019, of which 53% was diverted to the neighboring provinces, head of the provincial power company…
Gas consumption in thermal power plants shot up 24% between 2014 and 2019 as the National Iranian Oil Company substantially raised gas output during the period, especially in the South Pars Gas…
The first gas unit of Hengam Power Plant in Bandar Abbas, Hormozgan Province, with 307-megawatt capacity will come online in February, managing director of Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding…
Natural gas delivery to thermal power plants has halved with the aim of sustaining and stabilizing natural gas supply to households in the winter season, director for technical support at the…
Three thermal power plants in Tehran, namely Tarasht in west and Rey and Besat in the south, provide electricity to the megalopolis. However, since the start of fall and with decline in…
Upgrading, repair and maintenance of thermal power plants added 620 megawatts to the total output since the beginning of the current fiscal (ends in March), an official at the Thermal Power…
Construction of the first steam unit of Asaluyeh Combined-Cycle Power Plant has made 90% progress and is planned to come online by March.
Due to the near permanent fluctuations in currency rates in the last two years, power purchase contracts with private electricity producers need revision, says a board member of Rudshur Power…
Two small-scale power plants with distributed generation system joined the national grid in Rafsanjan County, Kerman Province on Tuesday, managing director of the provincial electricity…
