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Iran inaugurates Mideast’s largest biomass power plant
The inauguration ceremony, held in Tehran, was attended by President Ebrahim Raisi and Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian, IRNA reported.
Alongside the power plant, water and wastewater projects totaling $283.33 million were also initiated.
The 7.2-megawatt power station, adjacent to a wastewater treatment facility in western Tehran, is expected to produce 50 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually.
The initiative will cut fuel consumption at the treatment facility by utilizing the generated heat to increase the temperature in anaerobic digestion tanks, the IRNA report said.
It will increase the country’s biomass electricity generation from sewage treatment to 14.4 MW, turning Iran into the biggest such producer in the region.
This plant is expected to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 225,000 tons and natural gas usage by 24 million cubic meters annually.
Biogas, a renewable energy source, is produced through the anaerobic digestion of organic materials such as food scraps and waste, in the absence of oxygen.
The power plant, located in west of Tehran, was among the water and sewage projects of the capital city, which were inaugurated on Thursday in the presence of President Ebrahim Raisi. The whole project is worth over $4 billion.