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West Asia’s first geothermal plant to be launched in Iran by yearend
Deputy Head of Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH) Mehran Golabkesh stated that the project is under construction as a pilot project on a reservoir of geothermal energy with a total production capacity of about 250 megawatts of electricity, Tasnim News Agency reported.
The project has progressed by 93 percent, he said, adding that several wells as deep as about 3,000 meters have been drilled to explore and extract the geothermal resources.
Iran’s first geothermal power plant is being constructed in an area 25 kilometers south of Meshginshahr by Iran’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH).
Geothermal power is electrical power generated from geothermal energy. Technologies in use include dry steam power stations, flash steam power stations and binary cycle power stations. Geothermal electricity generation is currently used in 26 countries, while geothermal heating is in use in 70 countries.