TEHRAN- Iran plans to increase the capacity of power generation by its distributed power stations to 4000 megawatts (MW) by the end of its Sixth Five-Year National Development Plan (2021), according to Arash Kordi, the manning director of Iran’s Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Management Company known as Tavanir.

The official put the country’s current distributed power generation capacity at 800 MW, Iran’s Young Journalists Club reported on Thursday.

Distributed generation is the production of electricity at or near the point of use, irrespective of size, fuel or technology. 

Mentioning that electricity generation by distributed power stations is economically viable, Kordi said that Ministry of Energy will guarantee five-year purchase of the electricity generated by these stations.

Also referring to the support of his company to these stations, the official said that Tavanir has assigned an operator to expedite related administrative stages and also allocation of budget to this issue as well as benefitting from the facilities of National Development Fund are being followed up.

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