power plants
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Electricity Generation Capacity of Iran’s Wind Power Plants to Rise 5.5-Fold in 2 Years
The head of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization of Iran (SATBA) said the electricity generation capacity of the wind power plants in the country will increase 5.5-fold in…
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Iran Saves over $8 Billion in Fuel Consumption Using Hydroelectricity Power Plants' Capacity
Iran has managed to save $8 billion in the consumption of fuel using the energy generation capacity of the hydroelectricity power plants, an official at Iran Water and Power Resources Development…
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Iran's Thermal Power Plants Electricity Generation Capacity Crosses 75,000 MW
The electricity generation capacity of thermal power plants in Iran topped 75,000 megawatts following the connection of the first gas unit of the Sabzevar Power Plant to the nationwide electricity…
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Electricity Generation of Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Up 33-Fold after Islamic Revolution
The deputy head of Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said the generation of electricity at the country’s thermal power plants has registered a 33-fold growth since the 1979 Islamic…
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Output of Small-Scale Power Plants Up 60%
EghtesadOnline: The daily output of small-scale distributed generation power plants has surpassed 1,100 megawatts, up 60% compared to a year ago, managing director of Iran Grid Management Company…
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Raising Power Plants’ Fuel Inventories Tops Priority
EghtesadOnline: Supplying thermal power plants with liquefied fuels must be given the top priority, otherwise recurring power cuts will continue in fall and winter, the head of the Energy Ministry's…
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Building Solar Power Plants in Desert Areas Not Feasible
EghtesadOnline: Iran is located in an arid and semi-arid region with over 300 sunny days in many parts that makes it suitable for harnessing solar energy.
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Mazandaran Expands Power Output From DG Systems
EghtesadOnline: By the end of the current Persian calendar year next March, 11 small-scale power plants with distributed generation systems will come on stream in Mazandaran Province, a deputy…
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TPPHC Cannot Retire Ageing Power Plants
EghtesadOnline: So long as construction of new thermal power plants in Tehran Province is not complete he ageing gas and steam units cannot be phased out, head of the Thermal Power Plants Holding…
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Punctual Maintenance Adds to Power Output
EghtesadOnline: Production at power plants has increased by more than 2,000 megawatts in the past four years thanks to timely maintenance and repair programs, director general of the technical…
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3 Power Plants to Feed Crypto Miners
EghtesadOnline: Three thermal power plants are to sell their electricity to authorized cryptocurrency miners in Iran, the managing director of Thermal Power Plant Holding Company, affiliated…
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Gas Main Source of Power Generation
EghtesadOnline: Supplying natural gas, instead diesel and mazut, to power plants, has doubled to 200 million cubic meters per day since 2013, the National Iranian Gas Company chief said.
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TPPHC Reports Higher Output
EghtesadOnline: Thermal power production reached 127 billion kilowatt hours from the beginning of the current fiscal year in late March, up 11% compared to the same period in 2019, head of Thermal…
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Steam Playing Bigger Role in Power Output
EghtesadOnline: Construction of steam units has started in several power plants and more will be added soon, a senior executive at the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
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Cryptocurrency Mining in Limbo
EghtesadOnline: Power plants can supply authorized cryptocurrency miners so long as the electricity is sold at the agreed (lawful) tariffs, a spokesperson for the Power Generation, Distribution…
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Kish Power Plants Cut Diesel Use
EghtesadOnline: Supplying associated petroleum gases from oilfields in Sirri Island to thermal power plants in Kish Island over the decade has significantly cut the use of high levels of diesel,…
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Gas Condensate Will Substitute Natural Gas in Thermal Power Plants
EghtesadOnline: Studies are underway to redesign gas turbines in power plants so that gas condensate can be used as feedstock instead of natural gas, a deputy energy minister said.
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NIGC Says Ready to Double Supplies to Power Plants
EghtesadOnline: The National Iranian Gas Company can double the volumes it delivers to thermal power plants and supply at least 310 million cubic meters of natural gas a day to power stations…
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Harnessing APG Helps Kish Power Plants Cut Diesel Use
EghtesadOnline: With the aim of developing power generation, approximately 2.3 billion cubic meters of associate petroleum gas has been harnessed from Sirri Island oilfields in the Persian Gulf…
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Gas Delivery to Power Plants Cut by Half
EghtesadOnline: Natural gas delivery to thermal power plants has halved with the aim of sustaining and stabilizing natural gas supply to households in the winter season, director for technical…
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Tehran Power Plants Prepare for Summer
EghtesadOnline: Three thermal power plants in Tehran, namely Tarasht in west and Rey and Besat in the south, provide electricity to the megalopolis. However, since the start of fall and with…
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Iran: Power Plants Not Big Polluters
EghtesadOnline: Thermal power plants have a small share in air pollution as almost all use gas, and emissions from gas combustion are way below those from other fossil fuels like diesel and mazut,…
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Ageing Power Plants Becoming a Liability
EghtesadOnline: Replacing old and outdated power plants, namely the Rey power station in south Tehran, is a compulsion.
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Obligation to Cut Wastage of Electricity in Iran
EghtesadOnline: Wastage of power in the national grid dropped from 15.2% to 11.1% between 2013 and 2018 and by extension cut natural gas consumption in power plants.
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Raising Power Plants’ Efficiency in Kerman,Yazd
EghtesadOnline: To improve the efficiency of gas-powered turbines the Energy Ministry’s Niroo Research Institute is implementing the “Condition Monitoring” (CM) system in Kerman and Yazd thermal…
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Noticeable Decline in Liquid Fuel Consumption
EghtesadOnline: Consumption of environmentally-unfriendly liquid fuels like diesel and mazut in power plants and farming declined 31% over the past six years, the Oil Ministry's deputy for planning…
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New Renewable Power Plants to Add 160MW to Iran National Grid
EghtesadOnline: Fourteen renewable power stations with the capacity to generate 160 megawatts are ready to be connected to the national grid in seven provinces, head of the Renewable Energy and…
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Iran: Thermal Power Plants Expand
EghtesadOnline: Thermal power capacity has risen by 16% or 9,000 megawatts over the past six years.
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$1.7b Invested to Build 20 Power Plants in Iran
EghtesadOnline: By the end of the current fiscal year (March 2020) 20 power plants will come online soon, the Energy Minister said.
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Connecting Baluchestan Cities, Power Plants to Gas Network
EghtesadOnline: Expanding the gas network in southeastern Sistan and Baluchestan Province is on the government agenda, the managing director of National Iranian Gas Company said.