BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 24. Iran’s Bandar Abbas Thermal Power Plant in Hormozgan Province (southern Iran) generated about 790 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, during the first two months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through May 21, 2023), Head of the Bandar Abbas TPP, Dariush Mahmoudi said, Trend reports citing Iranian Energy Ministry.
“Of the mentioned volume, over 762 million kilowatt-hours were generated by steam units, while 27 million kilowatt-hours – by gas units,” the official said.
Mahmoudi also added that the power plant’s steam units generated 403 million kilowatt-hours of electricity in the 2nd month of the current Iranian year alone (April 21 through May 21, 2023). Also, the gas units produced 19.9 million kilowatt-hours of electricity during the reporting month.
The official added that currently, 3 steam and 2 gas units of the Bandar Abbas TPP are under operation. Meanwhile, the overhaul of steam unit No. 4 of the station is nearing completion.
The Bandar Abbas TPP is one of the main thermal power plants in Iran. The power generation capacity of this power plant is 1,330 megawatt-hours.
The power plant has 4 steam units, with each unit's generation capacity of 320-megawatt hours, and 2 gas units, with a generation capacity of 25 megawatt-hours each.
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