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Electricity output capacity to increase by over 5,000 MW
With the aim of providing maximum electricity in the hot days of next year, as in previous years, the Ministry of Energy has put two parallel measures to manage and optimize electricity consumption as well as increasing production capacity, IRNA reported.
A sum of 2,817 MW by gas power plant units as well as 942 MW through combined-cycle units and 120 MW will be added to the national electricity grid through the building of hydroelectric power plants.
Also, a total of 1,254 MW will be added to the production capacity through renewable power plants, so that the total increase in the country’s electricity production capacity will reach 5,333 MW by yearend.
Meanwhile, the chairman of the Board of Directors of Iran Renewable Energies Association said that foreign investors have shown interest in building renewable power plants in Iran for generating electricity, Mehr News Agency reported.
Neighboring Turkey has requested to invest in Iran and export the produced electricity, Davood Madadi stated.
He said considering that Iran is the best location for the construction of solar and wind power plants, foreign investors prefer to invest in Iran and export electricity in return.