Gas Accounts for 86% of Fuel for Iranian Power Plants

Natural gas accounted for 86 percent of fuel for Iranian power plants in the first seven months of the current Iranian fiscal year, which started on March 21, 2015, said Arash Kordi managing director of Iran Power Transmission, Generation and Distribution Company, known as TAVANIR.

The volume of gas delivered to power plants rose by 16 percent this year compared to the same period in the past year, Shana news agency quoted Kordi as saying on December 6.

“Our policy is to maximize the consumption of gas and minimize the consumption of fuel oil, and diesel in particular,” he explained.

He added that 86 percent use of gas was a record high.

Diesel and mazut consumption have decreased by 50 percent and 30 percent in power plants, respectively, he noted.

Gas delivery increased by 34 percent in the past year compared to its preceding year, he said, adding that mazut and diesel will be used as alternative fuels in critical conditions.

Manoochehr Taheri, director of the dispatching center at the National Iranian Gas Company, said on November 7 that the volume of gas supply to the power plants will reach 58.2 billion cubic meters by the end of the current Iranian year. The power plant sector requires as much as 72 billion cubic meters of gas per year, he added.