Baku, Azerbaijan, Nov.2
By Fatih Karimov - Trend:
Deliveries of gas to Iranian power plants increased 15.8 percent during the eight months of the current fiscal year, which began on March 21.
According to the Iran Energy Ministry's latest weekly report, during the first eight months of the current fiscal year some 39.671 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas was supplied to power plants.
Further, during this period, 2.449 billion liters of diesel fuel (-51.2%), as well as 3.747 billion liters of fuel oil (-30%) was supplied to power plants.
In total, 185.881 billion kWh of electricity was produced during this period, of which 6.258 billion kWh (unchanged Y/Y) was exported. Iran also imported 2.479 billion kWh (+12%) of electricity for energy.
Additionally, Iran added 592 MW of power production to its capacity, to reach 73,744 MW during the current fiscal year, while an additional 1,700 MW power generation capacity is projected to become available by March 20, 2016.
Also, the housing sector consumed 31.3 percent of the total electricity used in this period, while this figure was 32.4 percent last year. The share of the industrial sector consuming electricity decreased from 33.8 percent last year to 33.1 percent in the current year.