US President Donald Trump has threatened to “hit and obliterate” Iran’s power plants , “STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!” if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz inside 48 hours. Here’s a take a look at the amenities within the nation:
Iran has about 110 fuel plants, a small variety of that are hybrid, in accordance to data from OpenInfraMap, an open-source intelligence software for researching vitality infrastructure, compiled by volunteers.
The nation additionally operates photo voltaic, hydro, wind, oil, diesel, coal, geothermal and nuclear plants, in accordance to the positioning.
The three largest plants by output run on fuel:
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Damavand Combined Cycle Power Plant: positioned round 70 km southeast from downtown Tehran. Output: 2,868MW.
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Shahid Salimi: positioned in Mazandaran province, close to the Caspian Sea. Output: 2,215 MW.
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Shahid Rajai: positioned some 110 km northeast of downtown Tehran. Output: 2,043 MW.
For context: Florida’s West County Energy Center is the biggest working pure fuel power plant within the US, with an output of three,750 MW, in accordance to OpenInfraMap.
Iran produces most of its electrical energy through fossil fuels. Over 340,000 GWh got here from such fuels, while nearly 28,000 GWh was from renewable vitality in 2023, in accordance to knowledge from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) website.
Iran says it solely has one nuclear power reactor in operation — the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant within the west — and one other underneath building, in accordance to the IAEA. In 2023, Iran produced 5,740 GWh of electrical energy by nuclear vitality.
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization stated a “hostile projectile” struck the Bushehr site on Tuesday, however reported no casualties and no injury to the ability.
NCS’s Teele Rebane contributed to this report.