List of power stations in Iran

By 2012, Iran had roughly 400 power plant units. By the end of 2013, it had a total installed electricity generation capacity of 70,000 MW, up from 90 MW in 1948, and 7024 MW in 1978. There are plans to add more than 5,000 MW of generation capacity annually to the power grid, which would almost double the total power generation capacity to 122,000 MW by 2022. The government of Iran planned to privatize 20 power plants by September 2010. Iran's peak demand for electricity was 45,693 MW during the summer of 2013.
It was predicted that Iran would account for 17.08% of MENA power generation by 2014. Natural gas was the major fuel used to generate electricity in Iran in 2009, accounting for an estimated 56.8% of primary energy demand, followed by oil at 40.8% and hydroelectricity at 1.4%. As of 2010, the average efficiency of power plants in Iran was 38%. The figure should reach 45% within five years and 50% under Vision 2025.
Electricity generation in 2008 accounted for, or roughly 1% of world's total production, an increase of 5.9% from the year before. In 2008, the total electricity generated was, of which 93.3% was generated by power plants affiliated with the Ministry of Energy and by other institutions, which were mostly from the private sector. The largest share of electricity was generated by steam power plants, while diesel power plants accounted for the smallest share of generation. In 2008, the highest growth in generation of electricity belonged to gas and combined-cycle power plants, with a 9.3% growth rate while, the amount of electricity generated by hydroelectric power plants declined by 1.7%. As of 2010, the consumer price of electricity in Iran was 1.6 US cents per kilowatt-hour, while the real production cost was about 8.0 US cents.
In 2010, 900,000 jobs were directly or indirectly related to the Iranian power industry. Currently, Iran's spares power capacity stands at 3%, but this amount is much lower than the ideal 25% of peak power used. It has been estimated that 23.5% of the electricity generation is wasted in the transmission network. Iran's power grid has been connected to seven neighboring countries, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq, Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Turkmenistan, and annually exports of electricity.

Manufacturing

The electric power industry in Iran has become self-sufficient in producing the required equipment to build power plants. While most of the electricity generators are run by the government, the equipment producers and contractors are generally from the private sector. Iran is among the top ten manufacturers of gas turbines, with a capacity of up to 160 megawatts. Iranian engineers at JEMCO have developed and produced one- and four-megawatt generators. Iran can manufacture materials for over 80% of hydraulic turbines and over 90% of gas turbines. In the near future, Iran could become a major player in building power plants with advanced technology. Iran planned to build its first indigenous gas turbines by 2015. Iran has achieved the technical expertise to set up hydroelectric, gas, and combined-cycle power plants. Iran is one of the four countries in the world which can manufacture advanced V94.2 gas turbines. The Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran is currently building the country's first 4-megawatt combined heat and power turbo-generator in cooperation with the private sector.

Nuclear power plants

is Iran's first indigenously-designed and -built power plant besides the research reactor IR-40. Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant is Iran's first nuclear power plant; it was manufactured with the technical assistance of Russia.

International projects

Iran is not only self-sufficient in power-plant construction, but also has concluded a number of contracts on implementing projects in neighboring states. As of 2010, Iranian energy- and resource-development firms are involved in 50 projects worth over US$2.2 billion in more than 20 countries across the world. As at 2011, MAPNA was building power plants in Syria, Oman, and Iraq, and negotiations were underway to build two power plants in Lebanon.
File:Wind Power in Armenia at Pushkin Pass.jpg|thumb|Pushkin Pass, Armenia
One of Iran's most important international projects will see the construction of a $200-million hydroelectric dam in Nicaragua, starting in 2011. Iran is currently engaged in dam construction in Tajikistan, Armenia, and Azerbaijan, and consultations are underway with a number of other countries. Kenya, Sri Lanka, Bolivia, and Mali are the potential target markets being considered for exporting the country's technical and engineering services. In 2010, Iran won a contract to build a dam in Afghanistan and the third contract to build a power plant station in Syria. In December 2005, a wind farm was put in operation at Pushkin Pass in Armenia. The total installed capacity of the farm is 2.64 MW, from four 660 kW wind turbines. The wind farm was built with the support of a US$3.1M grant from the Iranian government. The Armenian and Iranian energy sectors are currently jointly constructing the Iran-Armenia Wind Farm, which is set to become the country's largest wind farm, having an installed electric capacity of 90 MW. As at 2012, Iran is building seven large power plants in Syria, Oman, Iraq, and Tajikistan.

Foreign direct investment

According to the Ministry of Energy, Germany has invested $445 million in construction of the Pareh-Sar combined-cycle power plant in northern Iran, while the UAE has invested $720 million in construction of a gas power plant and a combined-cycle power plant in Isfahan and Shiraz. In 2015, Iran and Russia signed an agreement regarding the construction of eight thermal power plants in Iran, with a total installed capacity of 2,800 MW. The investment per MW will be $3.57 million.

Privatization

Company, Sahand, Bistoun, Shazand, Shahid Montazeri, Tous, Shahid Rajaei, and Neishabour power stations are among the profit-making plants. Work on privatizing them was scheduled to be finalized by late March 2007. Jahrom, Khalij-e Fars, and Sahand power plants were to be ceded to the private sector in 2009. All domestic power plants will be privatized gradually, except those the government feels it should run to ensure security of the national electricity grid. Power plants of Damavand, Mashhad, Shirvan, Kerman, Khalij-e Fars, Abadan, Bisotoon, Sanandaj, Manjil and Binalood, which have been turned into public limited firms, are ready for privatization. As of 2010, 20 power plants were ready for privatization in Iran. Upon ceding the 20 power plants to IPO, some 40% of the capacity of power plants nationwide will be assigned to the private and cooperative sectors. As of 2011, about 45 power plants across the country were to be handed over to the private sector. In 2012, it was announced that Iran's government, which had already turned over 17 of its 45 power plants to the private sector since 2008, would transfer 28 more plants with an estimated value of $11.4 billion, by March 2013.

Energy/electricity bourse

The new energy/electricity bourse will be inaugurated in 2012. This will bring about more competition and transparency in Iran's electricity market. Experts believe that, following the launch of the subsidies reform plan, the electricity industry will undergo significant changes and will become more appealing to private investors.
As at 2012, Iran had over 400 power-plant units and 38 electricity-distribution companies, which buy the electricity from producers. Iran has over 100 companies that consume more than 20 MW of electricity. The average price of each kilowatt-hour of electricity is 450 rials during the first phase of the Subsidy Reform Law. The average final price of each kilowatt-hour of electricity will be 1000 rials in 2015. According to the government of Iran, power stations have to pay the export price of gas if they want to export electricity and must improve efficiency.
Iran's electricity export and related technical and engineering services exports was valued at $4 billion in 2011. In 2010, the total of Iran's electricity exports to Afghanistan, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Pakistan, and Turkey reached 878 megawatts, and the total of imports from Armenia and Turkmenistan was recorded at 463 megawatts. Jordan, India, Oman, Qatar, Russia, Syria, and the UAE are the new countries that have expressed interest in buying electricity from Iran.

Waste to energy

Fossil

Geothermal

Hydroelectric

In service

Proposed or under construction

Pumped-storage hydroelectric

Name	Location	Capacity	Type	Operational	Notes
Siah Bishe Pumped Storage Power Plant	Mazandaran province	Output: 1,040 MW; input: 940 MW	Pumped-storage hydroelectricity	2013–2015	Operational; Iran's first pumped-storage hydroelectric station
Ilam Pump Storage Dam	Ilam province	Output: 1,000 MW	Pumped-storage hydroelectricity		Feasibility study
Azad Dam	Kurdistan province	10 MW; regeneration: 500 MW	Hydroelectric dam / pumped-storage hydroelectricity	2014	Operational

Nuclear

In service

Name	Location	Capacity	Type	Operational	Notes and references
Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant	Bushehr	915	VVER	2010-07-01	Originally Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant was planned to have four PWRs, each with an electricity generating capacity of 915 MW. Bushehr-1 reactor achieved commercial operation in September 2013.

Under construction

Solar

In service

With about 300 clear sunny days a year and an average of 2,200 kilowatt-hours of solar radiation per square meter, Iran has a great potential to tap solar energy.

Name	Location	Capacity	Type	Operational	Notes
Yazd solar thermal power plant	Yazd	17 MW	Integrated solar combined cycle	2009	Yazd solar thermal power plant is the world's first integrated solar combined cycle power station using natural gas and solar energy. It is the largest solar power plant in the Middle East and the eighth largest in the world.
Shiraz solar power plant	Shiraz	250 KW	Concentrating solar power	2009	Shiraz solar power plant is Iran's first solar power station. It is currently being upgraded to 500 kW.
Mashhad Solar Power Plant	Mashhad	432 KW		2011
Malard 365 KW Solar Power Plant	Malard	365 KW	PV solar power plant	2014	Malard Solar Power Plant is the largest grid-tide solar power plant in Iran by the Atrin Parsian Solar and Biomass Co.
Hamedan	Hamedan, Iran	14 MW	Photovoltaic power station	2017	100 MW capacity of renewable energy power plants which were planned to be installed by the private sector in 206-2017, for the moment 50 MW are under construction and the rest will be completed by the end of March 2017
Isfahan	Isfahan, Iran	10 MW	Photovoltaic power station	2017	Isfahan – Jarghoyeh Sofla
Arak	Arak, Iran	1 MW	Photovoltaic power station	2017
Abhar Razi Power Plant	Abhar, Ian	110 KV	Photovoltaic power station	2017	Abhar Razi solar power plant is Iran's first private sector power plant. It is currently being upgraded to 7 MW.
Mahan	Kerman	20 MW	Photovoltaic power station	2017