INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
period.According to Naser Eskandari, a deputy with the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH), combined cycle power plants accounted
combined cycle power plants reached 44 million MWh in Q1 this year, registering a four percent increase, year on year.Also, the share of gas
units in electricity production in the first quarter of this year was 18 million MWh while the share of steam units was 18 million MWh,
added.According to Eskandari, converting gas power plants to combined cycle plants is one of the best ways to improve the efficiency of
thermal power plants in the country; this method is very effective not only for the electricity industry but also for the environment and
addition to the construction of new power plant units, the thermal power industry had put on the agenda the program of increasing the power
currently stands at about 85,000 MW, more than 90 percent of which is supplied by thermal power plants.EF/MA
