BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 21. The power generation capacity of Iran's thermal power plants has reached 73,086 megawatt-hours, as a result of synchronizing the steam unit of Iran's Khorramabad Combined Cycle Power Plant with the country's electricity network, Trend reports referring to Iranian Energy Ministry.
So far, 605 units have been installed in 134 thermal power plants in the country. At the same time, the number of power units installed in large industrial facilities has reached 397.
Currently, the power generation capacity of combined cycle units in the country's TPPs is 34,699 megawatt-hours, gas units - 22,558 megawatt-hours, and steam units - 15,829 megawatt-hours.
The total capacity of Iran's power plants (thermal, hydroelectric, nuclear, renewable, and so on) is currently about 90,000 megawatt-hours. Of this, 81 percent accounts for the country’s thermal power plants.
Some 68 percent of the country’s thermal power plants are owned by the private sector.
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