Tehran Times reported that three new power plants will come on stream in Iran by the end of the year which will increase the country’s power generation capacity by 4 GW.

Mr Mohammad Behzad deputy energy minister of Iran said that two 648 MW power plants have been inaugurated since the beginning of this year.

Mr Behzad said that the Energy Ministry will roll out power projects that will increase Iran’s electricity generation capacity by 5 GW this year which began on March 20th 2012. Over 10 GW should be added to the generation capacity of hydroelectric and thermal power plants by August 2013, the last month of President Ahmadinejad’s administration.

Mr Mahmoud Dashtbozorg an official with Iran Power Development Company said that Iran is the top electricity producer in the Middle East. The country is the 15th largest electricity producer in the world.

Mr Abbas Aliabadi director of the TAVANIR said recently that Iran has indigenized the technology for developing thermal and combined cycle power plants. Iran exports technical and engineering services for the power sector to different countries and that Iran is currently building seven large power projects in Syria, Oman, Iraq and Tajikistan.

Source - Tehran Times

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