![]() Iran is one of the four countries in the world which can manufacture advanced V94.2 gas turbines. Iran has achieved the technical expertise to set up hydroelectric, gas and combined cycle power plants. Iran plans to build its first indigenous gas turbines by 2015. In the near future, Iran can become a major player in building power plant with advanced technology (2009). Iran can manufacture materials for over 80 percent of hydraulic turbines and over 90 percent of gas turbines. ![]() Iran engineers at JEMCO (a subsidiary of IDRO) have succeeded to develop and produce one and four-megawatt generators. Iran is among the top ten manufacturers of gas turbines with a capacity up to 160 megawatts. While most of the electricity generators are run by the government, the equipment producers and contractors are generally from the private sector. See also: MAPNA, Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran, AZAR AB Industries Co, Industry of Iran, and List of Iranian companies IR-40 facility in Arak Shahid Salimi Combined Cycle Power Plant in MazandaranĮlectric power industry in Iran has become self-sufficient in producing the required equipment to build power plants. Iran's power grid has been connected to seven neighboring countries Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan and annually, exports 5.5 TWh of electricity. It has been estimated that 23.5 percent of the electricity generation is wasted in the transmission network. Currently, Iran's spares power capacity stands at 3 per cent, but this amount is much lower than the ideal 25 percent of peak power used. In 2010, 900,000 jobs were directly or indirectly related to the power industry in Iran. (See also: Cost of electricity by source) As of 2010, the consumer price of electricity in Iran was 1.6 US cents per kilowatt hour while the real production cost was about 8.0 US cents. In 2008, the highest growth in generation of electricity belonged to gas and combined cycle power plants with 9.3 percent growth rate while the amount of electricity generated by hydroelectric power plants declined by 1.7 percent. The largest share of electricity (91.1 billion kWh) was generated by steam power plants while diesel power plants accounted for the smallest share of generation (0.2 billion kWh). In 2008, the total electricity generated was 190.2 billion kWh which 93.3% was generated by power plants affiliated with the Ministry of Energy and 13.6 billion kWh (6.7%) by other institutions, which were mostly from the private sector. ![]() Įlectricity generation in 2008, accounted for 203.8 billion kWh or roughly one percent of world's total production, which was increased by 5.9 percent comparing with the year before. The figure should reach to 45 percent within five years and 50 percent under Vision 2025. As of 2010, the average efficiency of power plants in Iran was 38 percent. ![]() The natural gas was the major fuel used to generate electricity in Iran in 2009, accounting for an estimated 56.8% of primary energy demand (PED), followed by oil at 40.8% and hydro power at 1.4%. It was predicted Iran accounts for 17.08% of MENA power generation by 2014. Iran's peak demand for electricity was 45,693 MW during the summer of 2013. The government of Iran plans to privatize 20 power plants by September 2010. It is planned to add more than 5,000 MW of generation capacity annually to the power grid, which will almost double the total power generation capacity to 122,000 MW by 2022. By the end of 2013, Iran had a total installed electricity generation capacity of 70,000 MW, which had been increased from 90 MW in 1948, and 7024 MW in 1978. ( May 2021)īy 2012, Iran had roughly 400 power plant units. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ![]()
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