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Electricity generation of Iran's Shahid Salimi TPP increases

Oil&Gas Materials 1 September 2021 11:44 (UTC +04:00)
Electricity generation of Iran's Shahid Salimi TPP increases

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 1

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 during the first five months of the current Iranian year (from March 21 through August 22, 2021), 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 emphasized that the thermal power plant generated 4.83 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 5 months.

Nemati said that 73 percent of electricity generated at the Shahid Salimi TPP over the five months was generated by steam units and 27 percent - by combined-cycle units.

“Within the 5 months, about 44 percent of the thermal power plant's annual plan has been fulfilled,” he added.

As reported, 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.

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