TEHRAN – The head of Iran’s Thermal Power Plant Holding (TPPH) has said the country is the world’s ninth-biggest producer of thermal electricity, IRIB reported.

Mentioning an increase of 9,000 megawatts (MW) in the capacity of the country’s thermal power plants over the past two years, Abdolrasoul Pishahang said thermal power plants currently account for 92 percent of Iran’s total power production capacity.

“Last year, 389 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity were produced in the country's power plants, and thermal power plants with the production of 360 billion kilowatt-hours supplied 92.5 percent of the country's electricity needs,” Pishahang said.

Stating that last year more than 2,000 MW were added to the capacity of thermal power plants in the country, the official added: “The readiness factor of thermal power plants reached 98 percent during the peak period of last year, and we are trying to record a very good performance this year as well.”

Emphasizing that 50 percent of the country's power plants are domestically built, he said: “Currently, 95 percent of the equipment needed by the country's power plants is made by domestic experts, and by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March 2025), with the production of F-class turbine blades in the country, we will be completely self-sufficient in the field of manufacturing these types of turbines.”

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