Baku, Azerbaijan, June 29
By Fatih Karimov - Trend: Iran will boost its power generation capacity by 2,000 megawatts in the current Iranian fiscal year, which ends on March 20, 2016, said Gholamreza Khoshkholq, an official with Iran Power Generation Transmission and Distribution Management Company (TAVANIR).
He added that combined cycle, gas-burning, and thermal power plants will increase their power generation capacity, which currently stands at around 73,000 MW, Iran's Shana news agency reported June 29.
If water and financial resources are sufficient, Seymareh dam's power plant, Mahshahr combined cycle power plant, and Behbahan power plant will come on stream this year, he noted.
Iran's power consumption hit a historic record on June 21, reaching 47.344 gigawatt (GW).
According to the latest weekly record, published by Iran 's Energy Ministry on June 21, the actual power generation capacity of Iran 's power plants was 56.856 GW.
During last fiscal year, ended on March 21, Iran added 2.87 GW to its power generation capacity, while for the current year growth in production of some 2.5 GW power is planned.
Edited by CN