BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 9
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The electricity production of the Shahid Salimi (Neka) Thermal Power Plant in the Mazandaran Province (northern Iran) increased by 21 percent during the first four months of the current Iranian year (March 20-July 21, 2020), compared to the same period last Iranian year, managing director of Iran’s Neka Power Generation Management Company Mohsen Nemati said, Trend reports citing Ministry of Energy of Iran.
The director noted that more than 3.61 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity was generated at Shahid Salimi TPP over the past four months.
He added that more than 3.47 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were delivered to the Iranian electricity network during this period.
Nemati stressed that during 4 months, 73.1 percent of electricity was produced via steam units and 26.9 percent via gas units.
"The thermal power plant's electricity obligations have been fulfilled by more than 33.56 percent over the past four months," he said.
Iran's Shahid Salimi (Neka) TPP has four steam units, and each of them can produce 440 megawatts of electricity. The thermal power plant also has two gas units, each of which can produce 137.6 megawatts of electricity.
In addition, the TPP has one gas-steam unit with a capacity of 160 megawatts of electricity and two expansion turbines with a capacity of 9.4 megawatts each.
Iran's Shahid Salimi Neka TPP has the potential to generate a total of 2,214 megawatts of electricity and accounts for more than 4 percent of electricity produced in Iran.