TEHRAN – The managing director of Iran Power Plant Repairs Company has said renovating power plant equipment and parts has saved the country $200 million a year, IRNA reported.

Masoud Moradi emphasized that the Islamic Republic doesn’t’ have any dependence on foreign countries for the repairs and preparation of thermal power plants, adding: “Currently, in addition to meeting the needs of our country, domestic experts are providing technical and engineering services in this sector and repairing power plant units in the countries of the region.”

Currently, in addition to gaining the top rank in West Asia in the field of thermal power plant repairs, Iran has also been able to be among the top five power plant turbine manufacturing countries in the world, the official said.

“Fortunately, in the 13th government, the timely and high-quality implementation of the overhaul program of thermal power plants has led to the readiness factor of electricity production of these units exceeding 99 percent, and Iran's power plant industry in this sector is also among the top countries in the world,” the official explained.

Pointing out that the overhaul operations of thermal power plants begins in the second half of every year in order to increase the readiness of these units to produce sustainable electricity in the peak summer period, Moradi said: “High-quality and timely performance of these measures will improve the readiness of power plants.

The overhaul operation of the country’s thermal power plants for the current year began in late October 2023.

Naser Eskandari, the deputy director of the Thermal Power Plant Holding (TPPH)’s technical office for production, said: “The overhaul operations begun on more than 110,000 megawatts capacity of thermal power plant throughout the country in order to increase the readiness of these units to produce sustainable electricity in the next year’s summer peak period.”

Summer months constitute Iran’s peak demand periods, so most of the power plant overhaul programs are scheduled to take place during autumn, winter and spring seasons.

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