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Fossil fuels produce 547 mln tons of air pollutants in Iran

Society Materials 22 April 2014 17:14 (UTC +04:00)

Baku, Azerbaijan, Apr.22

By Fatih Karimov - Trend:

Consumption of fossil fuels has led to production of 547 million tons of air pollutants in Iran.

Alireza Ahmadi Yazdi, an official at Iran Power Generation Transmission and Distribution Management Company (TAVANIR) said 222 million tons of the pollutants were produced as a result of using fossil fuel in power generation, the TAVANIR website reported on April 22.

The share of gas in fueling Iran's power plants is getting lower year-to-year, while expensive and polluting liquid fuels consumption rate in this sector dramatically increases.

National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) announced on April 16 that during last fiscal year - which covers a period from March 20, 2013 to March, 20, 2014- supplying gas to power plants decreased by 8 percent, while the consumption of liquid fuels in this sector increased to 27 billion liters, indicating a 19 percent increase compared to the previous year.

Iranian Fars News Agency quoted the Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian on April 10 as saying that 44 percent of burnt fuel in power plants was liquid fuels, including oil-gas and fuel oil during the last Iranian fiscal year.

The Mehr News Agency reported on December 25 that air pollution has reached an alarming level in big cities of Iran and that it is necessary to import high-quality and standardized gasoline.

Moreover, it has been announced that all the cars in Iran should meet Euro-4 standards by the end of spring next year.

Last year, according to PSI (Pollutant Standards Index), Iran had 147 days during which air quality was substandard. Two years ago, this number stood at 217 days.

The air in Iran's capital, Tehran, is amongst the most polluted in the world. Experts say many Iranians suffer serious health problems as a result.

Motor vehicles account for 70 percent of pollution in the Iranian capital. Low quality gasoline and diesel is partially the reason for that.

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