BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar. 4
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The electricity generation of the Shahid Salimi (Neka) Thermal Power Plant in the Mazandaran Province (northern Iran) increased by 8 percent since the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20, 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.
Nemati noted that the thermal power plant generated 9.53 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity over the reporting period. Its 9.16 billion kilowatt-hours have been delivered to Iran's electricity network.
He added that 85 percent of electricity was generated by steam units and 15 percent by combined cycle units.
The director stressed that the plan on electricity generation at the station for current Iranian year has been fulfilled by 94 percent.
Iran's Shahid Salimi (Neka) TPP has four steam units, and each of them can generate 440 megawatts of electricity. The thermal power plant also has two gas units, each of which can generate 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 generated in Iran.