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Iranian Abadan refinery increases production capacity

reporter 1222 — Sun, 20 May 2018 12:30:06 +0000

Abadan Refinery, Iran’s biggest refinery, has increased its gasoline production capacity to 12 million liters per day.

According to Iran’s Oil Ministry’s official website ‘SHANA,’ the facility’s CEO Esfandiar Daem-o-Zekr has said that the plant’s petrol output was at 10 ml/d recently which has increased to 12 ml/d after launching 2 refining units at the facility.

The units were left hamstrung for four years due to technical malfunctions.

“We are optimistic that all the plant’s petrol output will meet Euro-4 standards by the end of the current [calendar] year (ending on March 20, 2019),” Daem-o-Zekr said.

The official further said that worn-out units of the facility will be dedicated to the Oil Museum of Abadan, adding that the facility will operate as a modern refining unit in the future.

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Iran’s power generation capacity rises 1,724 MW since Mar. 2017

reporter 1222 — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 07:00:51 +0000

TEHRAN- Iran has increased its electricity generation capacity by 1,724 megawatts (MW) since the beginning of current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2017), according to a power sector’s official.

As Hamidreza Azimi, the deputy managing director for planning affairs in Thermal Power Plants Holding Company, told IRNA on Tuesday, private sector accounts for generating over 60 percent of the new capacity.

He said another 10,000 MW is projected to be added to the country’s power generation capacity by the end of current Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2018).

Iran increased its electricity generation capacity by 2,199 MW, boosting it to 76,302 MW, in the past Iranian calendar year 1395 which ended on March 20, 2017.

Natural gas power plants accounted for 75.5 percent of the increased generation capacity.

Combined cycled power plants, hydroelectric power plants, distributed generation power plants, and renewable energy power plants also accounted for 14.6 percent, 3.4 percent, 5.7 percent, and 0.9 percent of the total rise in the country’s electricity generation capacity.

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Iran’s Power Generation Capacity Nears 78,000 MW

reporter 1222 — Tue, 28 Nov 2017 15:15:52 +0000

TEHRAN – Iran’s nominal capacity to produce electricity has reached about 78,000 megawatts (MW) following the connection of a number of power plants to the country’s national grid over the past two weeks.

The country’s overall nominal capacity to generate electricity has increased by 381 MW over the past two weeks, reaching 77,987 MW.

During the mentioned time, the first units of two combined-cycle power plants in Behbahan and Parand have come into service, each of which can produce 160 MW of electricity.

A distributed generation power plant with a capacity to produce 61 MW of electricity has also been connected to the national grid.

Back in November 2015, Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian unveiled plans for an increase in the country’s capacity of electricity generation and exports to neighboring countries.

Iran is now exporting around 12 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity to its neighbors each year, while the imports stand at an annual level of 4 billion kWh, the minister said at the time.

The country’s electricity industry ranks 14th in the world and first in the Middle East in terms of electricity generation.

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Electricity generation capacity rises 610 MW in Iran

reporter 1222 — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 11:45:58 +0000

TEHRAN- The nominal electrify generation capacity has increased 610 megawatts (MW) to 77,038 MW in Iran since the beginning of current Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2017).

Iran’s nominal electricity generation capacity will reach 80,000 MW by summer 2018, according to Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Houshang Falahatian.

The country increased its electricity generation capacity by 2.199 gigawatts (GW), boosting it to 76.302 GW, in the past Iranian calendar year, according to a report by Iran Power Grid Management Company released in late March.

Gas-fueled power plants accounted for 75.5 percent of the increased generation capacity, equaling 1.66 GW.

Private sector accounts for generating 60 percent of electricity in Iran, the previous Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian announced in Late July.

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