Tehran, Iran, April 22
By Milad Fashtami - Trend:
Iran's electricity power plants require 70 billion liters of fuel in the current Iranian calendar year (started on March 21).
Farhad Sho'eybi, managing director of Markazi Province Electric Power Distribution Company, said that Iran's nominal power production capacity stands at 70 gigawatts, website of the Iran Power Generation Transmission & Distribution Management Company (TAVANIR) reported on April 21.
"Renewable energy types account for less than 5 percent of the mentioned amount, so the country needs fuels for generating over 95 percent of its capacity," he added.
According to the annual statistics released by Iran's Energy Ministry in March, the
Nuclear and renewable power plants shared 1.6 percent of total power generation in Iran, while the share of hydropower plants stood at 14.9 percent during last Iranian fiscal year (ended on March 20).
"Iran's electricity consumption rises by 7 percent each year. Currently the country needs to use all of its 70 gigawatts power production capacity to meet the domestic demands," Sho'eybi explained.
He went on to note that based on energy ministry's predictions the country needs to increase its power production capacity to 100 gigawatts in the calendar year of 1400 (to start on March 21, 2021).
"Boosting renewable energy types is necessary," he said.
Iran has significantly cut gas supplying to power plants during last winter due to searing gas usage in housing sector.
National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) announced on April 16 that during last Iranian calendar year supplying gas to power plants decreased by 8 percent, while the consumption of liquid fuels in this sector increased to 27 billion liters, indicate 19 percent increase comparing 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.
Share of each fuel supplied to thermal power plants during lat decade base on NIORDC's statistics:
|
Iranian fiscal year |
Gas consumption |
Oil-gas consumption |
Fuel oil consumption |
|
2002/2003 |
81% |
3% |
16% |
|
2003/2004 |
79% |
5% |
16% |
|
2004/2005 |
78% |
6% |
17% |
|
2005/2006 |
72% |
10% |
19% |
|
2007/2008 |
71% |
9% |
20% |
|
2008/2009 |
74% |
8% |
18% |
|
2009/2010 |
72% |
9% |
19% |
|
2010/2011 |
73% |
10% |
17% |
|
2011/2012 |
61% |
16% |
23% |
|
2012/2013 |
61% |
12% |
26% |
The annual statistics of the energy ministry indicate that the country's total electricity energy generation increased by 3.2 percent during the last fiscal year to 263 billion KWh.