BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 31. Iran’s Shahid Salimi (Neka) Thermal Power Plant in the Mazandaran Province (northern Iran), generated about 5.84 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity during the first seven months of the current Iranian year (March 21 through October 22, 2022), the head of Iran’s Neka Power Generation Management Company Hossein Ali Taziki said, Trend reports citing Iranian Energy Ministry.
“Meanwhile, in the 7th month of the current Iranian year (September 23 through October 22, 2022), the power plant’s electricity generation exceeded 848 million kilowatt-hours. Of this, more than 800 million kilowatt-hours have been supplied to the country's electricity network,” Taziki noted.
The official also added that 71 percent of the total electricity generated for the 7th month was accounted for steam units, and 29 percent for gas and combined cycle power units.
Iran's Shahid Salimi (Neka) TPP has four steam units, and each of them can generate 440 megawatts of electricity. The thermal power plant also has two gas units, each of which can generate 137.6 megawatts of electricity.
In addition, the TPP has one gas-steam (combined cycle) unit with a capacity of 160 megawatts of electricity and two expansion turbines with a capacity of 9.4 megawatts each.
Iran's Shahid Salimi Neka TPP has the capacity to generate a total of 2,214 megawatts of electricity and accounts for more than 4 percent of electricity generated in Iran.