BAKU, Azerbaijan, Jan. 12
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
The first geothermal power plant in the Meshgin Shahr County of Ardabil Province (north-western Iran) will be launched by the summer of next Iranian year (June 22, 2022), the Deputy Director of Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said Hamid Reza Azimi said, Trend reports citing Iranian Energy Ministry.
According to him, there is currently only work in connection with washing (cleaning) of the geothermal power plant's steam wells remaining. In this regard, the contractor company has been identified.
Azimi also added that necessary equipment for washing the steam wells will be delivered to the power plant within the next month and the operation will be carried out within 45 days. Thus, the process of connecting this power plant to the Iranian electricity network will be launched.
The deputy emphasized that the power plant is being built in order to launch geothermal storage facilities in the northwest of Mount Sabalan, to gain technical knowledge on the construction of geothermal power plants in the country.
The Meshgin Shahr geothermal power plant in Iran's Ardabil province is being built at the foot of Mount Sabalan, 85 km northwest of Ardabil. This station can produce a total of 50 megawatts of electricity. So far, 1.7 trillion rials (about $40.4 million) have been spent on the station. The power generation capacity of the power plant in the first stage will be 5 megawatt-hours.
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