List of power stations in Iran

By 2012, Iran had roughly 400 power plant units. 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. 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. The government of Iran plans to privatize 20 power plants by September 2010. Iran's peak demand for electricity was 45,693 MW during the summer of 2013.

It was predicted Iran accounts for 17.08% of MENA power generation by 2014. 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%.[citation needed] As of 2010, the average efficiency of power plants in Iran was 38 percent. The figure should reach to 45 percent within five years and 50 percent under Vision 2025.

Electricity 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. 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. 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 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. 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. (See also: Cost of electricity by source)

In 2010, 900,000 jobs were directly or indirectly related to the power industry in Iran. 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. It has been estimated that 23.5 percent of the electricity generation is wasted in the transmission network. Iran's power grid has been connected to seven neighboring countries Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan[citation needed] and annually, exports 5.5 TWh of electricity.[citation needed]

Manufacturing

IR-40 facility in Arak
Shahid Salimi Combined Cycle Power Plant in Mazandaran

Electric power industry in Iran has become self-sufficient in producing the required equipment to build power plants. While most of the electricity generators are run by the government, the equipment producers and contractors are generally from the private sector. Iran is among the top ten manufacturers of gas turbines with a capacity up to 160 megawatts. Iran engineers at JEMCO (a subsidiary of IDRO) have succeeded to develop and produce one and four-megawatt generators.[citation needed] Iran can manufacture materials for over 80 percent of hydraulic turbines and over 90 percent of gas turbines. In the near future, Iran can become a major player in building power plant with advanced technology (2009). Iran plans to build its first indigenous gas turbines by 2015.[citation needed] Iran has achieved the technical expertise to set up hydroelectric, gas and combined cycle power plants. Iran is one of the four countries in the world which can manufacture advanced V94.2 gas turbines. The Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO) is currently building the country's first 4-megawatt (MW) Combined Heat and Power (CHP) turbo generator in cooperation with the private sector.[citation needed]

Nuclear power plants

Model of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant

Darkhovin Nuclear Power Plant is Iran's first indigenously designed and built power plant besides the research reactor of IR-40. Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is Iran's first nuclear power plant and it has been manufactured with the technical assistance of Russia.

International projects

Iran is not only self-sufficient in power plant construction but has also concluded a number of contracts on implementing projects in neighboring states. As of 2010, Iranian energy and resource development firms are involved in 50 projects worth over USD 2.2 billion in more than 20 countries across the world. As at 2011, MAPNA was building power plants in Syria, Oman and Iraq and negotiations were underway to build two power plants in Lebanon.[citation needed]

Pushkin Pass, Armenia

One of Iran’s most important international projects will see the construction of a $200-million hydroelectric dam in Nicaragua starting 2011. Iran is currently engaged in dam construction in Tajikistan, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and consultations are underway with a number of other countries. Kenya, Sri Lanka, Bolivia and Mali are the potential target markets being considered for exporting the country’s technical and engineering services. In 2010, Iran won a contract to build a dam in Afghanistan and the third contract to build a power plant station in Syria. In December 2005 a wind farm was put in operation at Pushkin Pass in Armenia. Total installed capacity of the farm is 2.64 MW, comprise from the four 660 kW wind turbines. Wind farm was built by support of 3.1 mln US$ grant from the government of Islamic Republic of Iran. The Armenian and Iranian energy sectors are currently jointly constructing the Iran-Armenia Wind Farm which is set to become the country's largest wind farm, having an installed electric capacity of 90 MW. As at 2012, Iran is building seven large power plants in Syria, Oman, Iraq, and Tajikistan.

Foreign direct investment

According to the Ministry of Energy, Germany has invested $445 million in construction of the Pareh-Sar combined cycle power plant in northern Iran, while the UAE has invested $720 million in construction of a gas power plant as well as a combined cycle power plant in Isfahan and Shiraz.[citation needed] In 2015, Iran and Russia signed an agreement regarding the construction of eight thermal power plants in Iran, with a total installed capacity of 2,800 Megawatts (MW). The investment per MW will be $3.57 million ($10 billion in total).

Privatization

It is estimated that 18.5% of electricity generated in Iran is wasted before it reaches consumers due to technical problems. Electric power wastage hit $1.1 billion in 2006. Solution include production and use of more efficient light bulbs.

Mapna Company. Sahand, Bistoun, Shazand, Shahid Montazeri, Tous, Shahid Rajaei and Neishabour power stations are among the profit-making plants, work on privatizing them will be finalized by late March 2007. Jahrom, Khalij-e Fars (Persian Gulf) and Sahand power plants will be ceded to the private sector in 2009. All domestic power plants will be privatized gradually, except those the government feels it should run to ensure security of the national electricity grid. Power plants of Damavand, Mashhad, Shirvan, Kerman, Khalij-e Fars, Abadan, Bisotoon, Sanandaj, Manjil and Binalood, which have been turned into public limited firms, are ready for privatization. As of 2010, 20 power plants were ready for privatization in Iran. Upon ceding the 20 power plants to IPO, some 40 percent of the capacity of power plants nationwide will be assigned to the private and cooperative sectors. As of 2011, about 45 power plants across the country were to be handed over to the private sector. In 2012, it was announced that Iran's government which has already turned over 17 of its 45 power plants to the private sector since 2008, will transfer 28 more plants with an estimated value of $11.4 billion (USD), by March 2013.

Energy/electricity bourse

The new energy/electricity bourse will be inaugurated in 2012. This will bring about more competition and transparency in Iran’s electricity market. Experts believe that following the launch of the subsidies reform plan, the electricity industry will undergo significant changes and will become more appealing to private investors. Iran is the 16th electricity producer in the world.[citation needed]

As at 2012, Iran had over 400 power plant units and 38 electricity distribution companies which buy the electricity from producers.[citation needed] Iran has over 100 companies which consume more than 20 MW of electricity per year.[citation needed] The average price of each kilowatt of electricity is 450 rials (around 5 cents) during the first phase of the Subsidy Reform Law. The average final price of each kilowatt of electricity will be 1000 rials (around 10 cents) in 2015. According to the government of Iran, power stations have to pay the export price of gas if they want to export electricity and must improve efficiency.

Iran's electricity export and related technical and engineering services exports was valued at $4 billion in 2011. In 2010, the total of Iran’s electricity exports to Afghanistan, Iraq (650 MW), Azerbaijan, Armenia, Pakistan and Turkey reached 878 megawatts and the total of imports from Armenia (237 MW) and Turkmenistan was recorded at 463 megawatts. Jordan, India, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Syria, and the UAE are the new countries that have expressed interest in buying electricity from Iran.

Waste to energy

Name Location Capacity (MW) Type Operational Notes
Shiraz Biogas Power Plant Fars Province 1.1 Biogas power station 2009 The plant uses organic waste as fuel for production of electricity from waste.
Mashhad Biogas Power Plant Razavi Khorasan Province 0.6 Biogas power station 2010 The plant uses organic waste as fuel for production of electricity from waste.
? Tehran Province 3.5 Waste incineration 2012 The plant has the capacity to burn 300 tonnes of solid waste per day.
Sari Incineration Power Plant Mazandaran Province 4 Waste incineration 2012 The plant is designed to incinerate over 450 tonnes of waste per day, producing 10 MW of electricity. It is used to develop information for 20 other such plants to be deployed in Iran's major cities.

Fossil

Name Location Capacity (MW) Type Operational Notes
Rudeshur Power Plant Markazi Province 2000 Natural gas power station 2007 Open Gas Cycle Turbine (OGCT). This is the first private power plant in Iran, belonging to Arian Mah-Taab Gostar Co.
Kazerun Power Plant Fars Province 1373 Natural gas power station 1994 CHP type thermal station incorporating Iran's first locally produced gas turbine, generator set and steam turbine
Sultanyeh Power Plant Zanjan Province 1000 Natural gas power station 2011 CHP type thermal station
Urmia Power Plant West Azarbaijan Province 60 Natural gas power station 1982 Natural gas thermal station situated inside the city of Urmia
Urmia Combined Power Plant West Azarbaijan Province 1500 Natural gas power station 2011 CHP type thermal station
Khoy Combined Power Plant West Azarbaijan Province 453 Natural gas power station 1996 CHP type thermal station
Iranshahr steam Power Plant Sistan and Baluchestan Province 256 Natural gas power station 1996 Thermal power station running on natural gas as primary fuel and furnace oil as backup fuel
Chabahar Combined Power Plant Sistan and Baluchestan Province 478 Natural gas power station 2011 Combined cycle plant running on natural gas as primary fuel and furnace oil as backup fuel; part of generation for export to Pakistan
Konarak NG Power Plant Sistan and Baluchestan Province 150 Natural gas power station 2009 Thermal power station
Zahedan NG Power Plant Sistan and Baluchestan Province 230 Natural gas power station Gas turbine plant providing power for Zahidan
Zahidan Diesel Power Plant Sistan and Baluchestan Province 24 Diesel engine generator 1976 Electrical generation currently used only for peak power management
Zabul Diesel Power Plant Sistan and Baluchestan Province 29 Diesel engine generator Electrical generation currently used only for peak power management
Khash Diesel Power Plant Sistan and Baluchestan Province 22 Diesel engine generator Electrical generation currently used only for peak power management
Iranshahr Diesel Power Plant Sistan and Baluchestan Province 30 Diesel engine generator Electrical generation currently used only for peak power management
Saravan Diesel Power Plant Sistan and Baluchestan Province 13 Diesel engine generator Electrical generation currently used only for peak power management
Iranshahr combined Power Plant Sistan and Baluchestan Province 1000 Natural gas power station 2011 Combined cycle plant running on natural gas as primary fuel and furnace oil as backup fuel
Shaheed Salimi Neka Combined Power Plant Mazandaran Province 2214 Natural gas power station 2006 Combined cycle plant running on natural gas as primary fuel and furnace oil as backup fuel
Nishapur Combined Power Plant Razavi Khorasan Province 1042 Natural gas power station 1993 Combined cycle plant running on natural gas as primary fuel and diesel as backup fuel
Fars Combined Power Plant Fars Province 1050 Natural gas power station 2008 Combined cycle plant running on natural gas as primary fuel and furnace oil as backup fuel
Sarehpar Combined Power Plant Gilan Province 968 Natural gas power station 2010 Combined cycle plant running on natural gas as primary fuel and furnace oil as backup fuel
Shaheed Kaveh Combined Power Plant South Khorasan Province 630 Natural gas power station 2008 Combined cycle plant running on natural gas as primary fuel and diesel as backup fuel; being upgraded to 950 MW
Mahshahr NG Power Plant Khuzestan Province 968 Natural gas power station 2012 Combined cycle plant under construction
Abadan NG Power Plant Khuzestan Province 493 Natural gas power station 2002 Plant convertible to combined cycle
Aliabad Katool Combined Power Plant Golestan Province 1500 Natural gas power station 2011 Combined cycle plant running on natural gas as primary fuel and diesel as backup fuel
Zavareh Combined Power Plant Isfahan Province 484 Natural gas power station 2011 Combined cycle plant running on natural gas as primary fuel and diesel as backup fuel
Aryan Combined Power Plant Zanjan Province 1000 Natural gas power station 2013 Combined cycle plant under construction
Zanjan 4 Combined Power Plant Zanjan Province 484 Natural gas power station 2012 Combined cycle plant under construction
Zanjan 1 Combined Power Plant Zanjan Province 484 Natural gas power station Combined cycle plant under construction
Khorramabad Combined Power Plant Lorestan Province 2000 Natural gas power station Combined cycle plant under construction
Behistun Steam Power Plant Kermanshah Province 1280 Natural gas power station 2013 Thermal power station
Zagrus NG Power Plant Kermanshah Province 648 Natural gas power station 2011 Gas turbine plant constructed adjacent to Behistun Steam Power Plant; convertible to combined cycle with resultant increased output of 1000 MW
Islamabad Combined Power Plant Kermanshah Province 484 Natural gas power station 2012 Combined cycle plant
Islamabad NG Power Plant Kermanshah Province 100 Natural gas power station 2011 Gas turbine plant
Pasargadae Combined Power Plant Hormozgān Province 500 Natural gas power station 2011 Combined cycle plant situated on Qeshm island is to be connected with submarine power cable to the national grid
Kahnooj Combined Power Plant Kerman Province 1000 Natural gas power station 2013 Combined cycle plant under construction
Kerman Combined Power Plant Kerman Province 2000 Natural gas power station 2010 Combined cycle plant
Noshahr NG Power Plant Mazandaran Province 50 Natural gas power station 2009 Gas turbine plant
West Mazandaran Combined Power Plant Mazandaran Province 484 Natural gas power station Combined cycle plant under construction
Amirabad Port NG Power Plant Mazandaran Province 75 Natural gas power station Gas turbine plant under construction
Sarakhs Combined Power Plant Razavi Khorasan Province 1650 Natural gas power station 2012 Combined cycle plant under construction; waste hot water from the plant is to be used for industrial greenhouse agriculture

Geothermal

Name Location Capacity Type Operational Notes
Meshkinshahr Geothermal Power Plant Ardabil Province 250 MW Geothermal power station 2010 It is Iran's first geothermal electricity generation station

Hydroelectric

In service

Name Location Capacity (MW) Type Operational Notes
Shahid Abbaspour Dam (Karun-1) Khuzestan 2,000 Hydroelectric dam 1976 One of the four large hydroelectric dams on Karun River
Karkheh Dam Khūzestān 520 Hydroelectric dam 2001 The dam was built by Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
Amir Kabir Dam Karaj 90 Hydroelectric dam 1961 In addition to power, it provides water for the city of Tehran.
Dez Dam Khuzestan 520 Hydroelectric dam 1963
Karun-3 Dam Khuzestan 2,280 Hydroelectric dam 2005
Karun-4 Dam Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 1,020 Hydroelectric dam 2010
Masjed Soleyman Dam (Karun-2) Masjed-Soleyman 2,000 Hydroelectric dam 2002
Lar Dam, Amol Mazandaran Province 30 Hydroelectric dam 1984
Latyan Dam Tehran Province 45 Hydroelectric dam 1967
Kouhrang Dam Isfahan Province 35.1 Hydroelectric dam 2002
Lavarak Dam Tehran Province 47 Hydroelectric dam 2009
Shahid Rajaee Dam Mazandaran Province 13.5 Hydroelectric dam 2007
Shahid Talebi Dam Fars Province 2.3 Hydroelectric dam 1994 In operation
Yasuj Chain Dam Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province 16.8 Hydroelectric dam 2005 Being upgraded to 25 MW
Shahid Azimi Dam ? 1 Hydroelectric dam In operation
Piran Dam Kermanshah Province 8.4 Hydroelectric dam 2011 In operation
Jiroft Dam Kerman Province 85 Hydroelectric dam 1993
Seimareh Dam Ilam Province & Lorestan Province 480 Hydroelectric dam 2013 In operation
Rudbar Lorestan Dam Lorestan Province 450 Hydroelectric dam 2017 In operation
Manjil Dam Gīlān Province 87 Hydroelectric dam 1962
Sardasht Dam West Azerbaijan 150 Hydroelectric dam 2018
Khoda Afrin Dam East Azerbaijan 102 Hydroelectric dam 2010 On border with disputed territories
Zayanderud Dam Isfahan Province 55 Hydroelectric dam 1971
Rais Ali Dilavari Dam Bushehr Province 70 Hydroelectric dam 2008
Mulla Sadra Dam Fars Province 100 Hydroelectric dam 2007
Doroodzan Dam Fars Province 10 Hydroelectric dam 1973
Marun Dam Khuzestan 151 Hydroelectric dam 1976
Talaqan Dam Qazvin Province 18 Hydroelectric dam 2006
Gavoshan Dam Kurdistan Province 11 Hydroelectric dam 2004
Upper Gotvand Dam Khuzestan Province 1,000 Hydroelectric dam 2012, 2015 (?) Phase 1 was operational in 2012. Phase 2 will add 1,000 MW.
Daryan Dam Kermanshah Province 210 Hydroelectric dam 2018 Operational
Salman Farsi Dam Fars Province 13 Hydroelectric dam 2009
Ardeh Dam Gilan Province 0.125 Run-of-the-river 1991 The hydroelectric plant is not connected to the national grid.
Darreh Takht Power Plant Lorestan Province 1.6 Run-of-the-river 1986, 2000 Operational
Micro Power Plants 227 Run-of-the-river 2004 Operational; five power plants nationwide

Proposed or under construction

Name Location Capacity Type Operational Notes
Bakhtiari Dam Lorestān Province 1,500 Hydroelectric dam 2018(??)[citation needed] The dam is currently under construction. Upon completion it is going to become the world's tallest dam, with a height of 325 meters.[citation needed]
Iran–Turkmenistan Friendship Dam Border of Iran & Turkmenistan 16 Hydroelectric dam The dam is operational since 2005. Installation of power units on the dam is being negotiated between the two countries.
Khersan-3 Dam Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari 400 Hydroelectric dam 2015(??)[citation needed] Under construction
Joreh Dam[citation needed] Khuzestan Province 48[citation needed] Hydroelectric dam[citation needed] 2011(??)[citation needed] Under construction[citation needed]
Sarrud Dam[citation needed] 65[citation needed] Hydroelectric dam[citation needed] Under construction[citation needed]
Tarik Dam Gilan Province 2.8 Hydroelectric dam 2016(??)[citation needed] Dam is operational since 1977, power station is being constructed
Zayanderud Regulatory Dam[citation needed] Isfahan Province 8.5[citation needed] Hydroelectric dam Under construction[citation needed]
Aras Watershed Dam Meghri 260 Hydroelectric dam 2017(??)[citation needed] Under construction
Zalaki Dam 466 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Liro Dam 324 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Sezar 4-1 Dam 265 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Dez 3-1 Dam 930 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Hajghalandar Dam 80 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Chambastan Dam 135 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Namarestagh Dam 33.5 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Sardabrud Dam 20 Run-of-the-river Feasibility studies completed in 2009
Gulestan Dam 5.6 Run-of-the-river Feasibility studies completed in 2009
Pir Taghi Dam 240 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Namhil Dam 496 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility studies completed
Pavehrud Dam 250 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility studies completed
Kalat Dam 292 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Khersan-2 Dam 580 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Khersan-1 Dam 2,638 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Bazaft Dam 240 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Karun-3 Axis-3 Dam 1,458 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Karun-5 Dam 560 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Karun-2 Axis-8 Dam 1,000 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Garsha Godar Pir Dam 200 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Karun Buran Dam 284 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Tang Mashure Dam 167 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Sazbon Dam 375 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Karkheh-2 Dam 118 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study
Sazbon Jadid Axis-2 Dam 300 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility studies completed
Dez Regulator Dam Khuzestan Province 28 Hydroelectric dam Feasibility study

Pumped storage hydroelectric

Name Location Capacity Type Operational Notes
Siah Bishe Pumped Storage Power Plant Mazandaran Province Output: 1,040 MW; input: 940 MW Pumped-storage hydroelectricity 2013-2015 Operational; Iran's first pumped-storage hydroelectric station
Ilam Pump Storage Dam Ilam Province Output: 1,000 MW Pumped-storage hydroelectricity Feasibility study
Azad Dam Kurdistan Province 10 MW; regeneration: 500 MW Hydroelectric dam / pumped-storage hydroelectricity 2014 Operational

Nuclear

In service

Name Location Capacity (MW) Type Operational Notes and references
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Bushehr 915 VVER 2010-07-01 Originally Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant was planned to have four PWRs, each with an electricity generating capacity of 915 MW. Bushehr-1 reactor achieved commercial operation in September 2013.

Under construction

Name Location Capacity (MW) Type Operational Notes
IR-40 Arak 40 Heavy water reactor NA This is a thermal reactor designed to produce power and isotopes. It is Iran's first indigenously built nuclear reactor.
Darkhovin Nuclear Power Plant Darkhovin 360 Heavy water reactor NA Construction of Darkhovin Nuclear Power Plant began in 2008. It is to be built based on indigenous technologies developed for IR-40, and is scheduled to come online in 2016.

Solar

In service

With about 300 clear sunny days a year and an average of 2,200 kilowatt-hour solar radiation per square meter, Iran has a great potential to tap solar energy.

Name Location Capacity Type Operational Notes
Yazd solar thermal power plant Yazd 17 MW Integrated solar combined cycle 2009 Yazd solar thermal power plant is the world's first integrated solar combined cycle power station using natural gas and solar energy. It is the largest solar power plant in the Middle East and the eighth largest in the world.
Shiraz solar power plant Shiraz 250 KW Concentrating solar power 2009 Shiraz solar power plant is Iran's first solar power station. It is currently being upgraded to 500 kW.
Mashhad Solar Power Plant Mashhad 432 KW 2011 36°16′17″N 59°39′03″E / 36.2713°N 59.6508°E / 36.2713; 59.6508
Malard 365 KW Solar Power Plant Malard 365 KW PV solar power plant 2014 Malard Solar Power Plant is the largest grid-tide solar power plant in Iran by the Atrin Parsian Solar and Biomass Co.
Hamedan Hamedan, Iran 14 MW Photovoltaic power station 2017 100 MW capacity of renewable energy power plants which were planned to be installed by the private sector in 206-2017, for the moment 50 MW are under construction and the rest will be completed by the end of March 2017
Isfahan Isfahan, Iran 10 MW Photovoltaic power station 2017 Isfahan - Jarghoyeh Sofla
Arak Arak, Iran 1 MW Photovoltaic power station 2017
Abhar Razi Power Plant Abhar, Ian 110 KV Photovoltaic power station 2017 Abhar Razi solar power plant is Iran's first private sector power plant. It's currently being upgraded to 7 MW.
Mahan Kerman 20 MW Photovoltaic power station 2017

Under construction

Name Location Capacity (MW) Type Operational Notes
Qazvin PV Solar Power Plant Qazvin, Iran 1000 Photovoltaic power station 2025-2026 It will be an array of 100 PV solar power stations, each with a nominal capacity of 100MW.
Hamedan Hamedan, Iran 100 MW Photovoltaic power station 2017 100 MW capacity of renewable energy power plants which were planned to be installed by the private sector in 206-2017, for the moment 50 MW are under construction and the rest will be completed by the end of March 2017
Isfahan Isfahan, Iran 50 MW Photovoltaic power station 2017 Isfahan - Jarghoyeh Sofla
Mahan kerman 100 MW Photovoltaic power station 2018 Kerman - Mahan[130]

Tidal and wave power

Wind

Name Location Capacity Type Operational Notes
Binalood wind farm Razavi Khorasan Province 28.2 MW Onshore wind farm 2008 The wind farm uses 43 units of 660 kW·h. It is currently being upgraded to 93 turbine units with a total capacity of 61.2 MWh.
Manjil and Rudbar Wind Farm Gilan Province 100.8 MW Onshore wind farm 1994 The wind farm uses 171 units of 300-660 kW·h turbines. It was the first wind farm in Iran.
Kahak wind farm(MAPNA Renewable Generation Company) Qazvin Province 55 MW Onshore wind farm 2014 The wind farm uses 10 units of 2500 kW. It is currently being developed to 40 turbine units with a total capacity of 100 MW.
Tarom (Siahpoush) wind farm(Arian Mah Baad co.) Qazvin Province 200 MW Onshore wind farm 2018 Currently in first phase, 18 WTGs (each unit capacity is 3400 kW) were installed with a total capacity of 61.2 MW.

Others

Name Location Capacity Type Operational Notes
Qazvin hydrogen power plant Qazvin Province 200 KW Photoelectrochemical cell / fuel cell 2009 The plant is based on the idea of hydrogen economy, using photoelectrochemical cells to produce hydrogen for electricity generation in fuel cells.
Shahid Esmaili power plant Tehran Province 7 MW Combined heat & power (CHP) system CHP is a system that involves the recovery of waste heat from power generation to form useful energy for other purposes such as heating. The system increases the efficiency of the power plant to more than 1.5 times that of traditional power plants.

Decentralized power generation

In addition to the above power plants, there was 1800 MW cumulative installed capacity in 2011, which belonged to small scale decentralized power plants, some of which were not connected to the national grid, and many being privately built and run. This capacity is planned for increase to more than 10,000 MW with emphasis on renewable energy and trigeneration. Similarly there was 418 MW of capacity belonging to diesel generator based plants supplying hard to reach areas.

See also


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