Implementation Of Bushehr NPP To Strengthen Iran's Energy Security - President Putin
Date
1/18/2025 6:09:47 AM
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency)
BAKU, Azerbaijan, January 18. The completion of
the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr
province, located in southern Iran, will make an important
contribution to strengthening Iran's energy security, Russian
President Vladimir Putin said at a joint press conference with
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian in Moscow on January 17,
Trend reports.
According to him, the considered nuclear power plant will supply
local businesses and households with cheap and environmentally
friendly electricity.
Putin stated that the most important area of cooperation between
Russia and Iran is energy. The joint project of the Russian company
Rosatom to build two new units of the Bushehr nuclear power plant
is still underway. Its implementation will undoubtedly contribute
to Iran's energy security and stimulate further growth of its
national economy.
In 2011, the first unit of Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant
began operations. An Iranian company took over the unit's operation
from Rosatom in 2013. Since 2013, this unit has generated the
maximum amount of electricity, 1,000 megawatt hours of electricity.
Over the past 10 years, electricity generation at Bushehr NPP has
exceeded 65 billion kilowatt-hours.
To note, construction of Bushehr NPP Blocks 2 and 3 began in
2017 on an area of 50 ha. Once operational, each of these units can
generate 1,057 megawatts of electricity. The commissioning of these
two units will save 10 million barrels of crude oil or 1.6 bcm of
gas per year and prevent the release of 7 million tons of polluting
gases into the environment.
The construction work on Bushehr NPP Units 2 and 3 is presently
17 percent complete.
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