Iran Reveals Electricity Production Potential Of Bushehr NPP
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 3. A total of 4.3
million megawatt-hours of electricity was produced at the Bushehr
Nuclear Power plant in Bushehr Province, located in southern Iran,
during the nine months of the current Iranian year (from March 20
through December 20, 2024), the executive director of Iran's
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Operation Company, Reza Banazadeh told
reporters, Trend reports.
According to him, the electricity generated at Bushehr NPP was
consumed in the southern provinces of the country, including
Bushehr province.
Banazadeh added that the construction of the 2nd and 3rd units
of Bushehr NPP is currently underway. With the commissioning of
these two units, the total production potential of the plant will
increase to 3,100 MW.
"Currently, 1,000 megawatts of electricity is generated at
Bushehr NPP. Considering the gas shortage in the country, the role
of nuclear power plants is very important. The role of nuclear
power plants in saving fossil fuels is undeniable," he noted.
Meanwhile, the first block of Iran's Bushehr NPP began operation
in 2011. The operation of the block was handed over by the Russian
nuclear company to an Iranian company in 2013. The maximum amount
of electricity-1,000 megawatt-hours-has been produced at this unit
since 2013. Over ten years, electricity production at Bushehr NPP
amounted to more than 65 billion kilowatt-hours.
To note, the construction of Bushehr NPP's second and third
units started in 2017 on an area of 50 ha. If these units are
commissioned, each unit will be able to produce 1,057 megawatts of
electricity. The commissioning of these two units will save ten
million barrels of crude oil or 1.6 bcm of gas per year and prevent
the release of seven million tons of polluting gases into the
environment.
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