BAKU, Azerbaijan, February 6. Iran’s Shahid Rajaee Thermal Power Plant in the Qazvin Province (northern Iran) generated more than 9.96 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity, during the first 10 months of the current Iranian year (March 21, 2022 through January 20, 2023), the Director of Shahid Rajaee TPP Abolfazl Mutabha said, Trend reports citing Iranian Energy Ministry.
According to Motabha, of the mentioned volume, 4.8 billion kilowatt-hours were generated by the combined cycle units of the Shahid Rajee TPP, and 5.16 billion kilowatt-hours - by steam units.
Meanwhile, the Shahid Rajaee Thermal Power Plant has 13 units. Four of them are steam units each generation capacity of 250 megawatt-hours, and the rest are combined-cycle units. In total, the TPP can generate 2,040 megawatts of electricity.
There are 134 thermal power plants operating in Iran. So far, 608 power units have been installed in the mentioned power plants.
At present, the power generation capacity of Iran's thermal power plants is over 73,500 megawatt-hours.
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