Iran launches over 1 GW of new electricity generation capacity
Iran has added more than 1 gigawatt (GW) to its electricity generation capacity with the launch of several new projects across the country.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raeisi on Thursday inaugurated five new power plant units as part of a campaign by his administration to boost the country’s energy security in the face growing demand in the country.
The projects included a 366-GW thermal power plant located 82 kilometers to the west of the city of Zanjan. Raeisi traveled to the site of the project to inaugurate the power plant which has cost 130 million euros and around eight months to build.
Reports said that the Aryan power plant will be the largest in northwestern Iran and will create a total of 240 new jobs in the region.
Other projects that Raeisi opened via a video link on Thursday were two 180 GW and two 160 GW power plant units located in northwest, northeast and in southern Iran.
The new power plants will bring Iran’s total electricity generation capacity to 89.365 GW. A breakdown of the figure showed thermal power plants accounted for some 72.614 GW of the capacity, while total capacity at Iranian hydroelectric stations was at about 12.087 GW.
The report said renewables and small generators account for 3.644 GW of Iran’s electricity generation mix while one single nuclear power plant located in the south of the country has a generation capacity of 1.02 GW.
Raeisi’s website said in a report that his administration had inaugurated 3.614 GW of new electricity generation capacity since coming to office in August last year, adding that another 1.88 of new capacity will come on line until March 2023.
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