BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 24. Iran’s Shirvan Combined Cycle Power Plant in the North Khorasan Province (north-eastern Iran) generated over 294,000 megawatt-hours of electricity for the 10th month of the current Iranian year (December 22, 2022 through January 20, 2023), head of the power plant Reza Marjanzadeh said, Trend reports citing Iranian Energy Ministry.
“Of the mentioned volume, more than 221,000 tons megawatt-hours were generated by gas units and more than 72,000 megawatt-hours - by steam units,” Marjanzadeh said.
The official noted that the efficiency of the power plant for the 10th month was more than 43.8 percent.
Meanwhile, the electricity generation capacity of the Shirvan Combined Cycle Power Plant for the 10th month was more than 716,000 megawatt-hours, he added.
Iran’s Shirvan Combined Cycle Power Plant can generate a total of 1,114 megawatt-hours of electricity. The power plant has 6 gas units with a generation capacity of 159 megawatt-hours each, and 3 steam units with a generation capacity of 160 megawatt-hours each.
Currently, the power generation capacity of combined cycle units in Iran’s thermal power plants is 34,699 megawatt-hours.
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