Despite widespread blackouts in many cities across the country, shocking statistics have been released stating that 60 percent of power plant fuel is wasted. This is while our country is facing a severe energy shortage. But why is a huge amount of fuel being wasted despite all this shortage?
The secretary of the Electricity Industry Syndicate stated that the efficiency of the country's power plants in the best conditions is around 40 percent, adding: "In other words, 60 percent of the power plant fuel is wasted."
The Minister of Energy said: "Currently, the amount of fuel delivered to power plants has increased, and it can be said that the fuel imbalance of power plants has improved."
You can see the empty power plant reserves according to statistics in the infographic below.
Following the recent blackouts, the government announced the main reason for the power outage was the challenge in supplying liquid fuel to the power plants, early cold and the stoppage of fuel oil burning, but some officials of the previous government claimed that the main reason was a sharp decrease in diesel reserves. This is while the statistics show that in the last months of its activity, despite the reduction of liquid fuel reserves, the previous government has suspiciously exported diesel on a large scale.
32.2% of the participants in a survey said that the biggest complication they experienced from frequent power outages last summer was their "decrease in the quality of life" in various fields.
The CEO of Khuzestan Electricity Distribution Company explained about the power outage of Shadegan Hospital.
Due to the unprecedented increase in electricity consumption, on Wednesday, the electricity of 65 high-consuming office subscribers in Tehran was cut off due to the refusal to reduce electricity consumption.
While the 13th government came to an end, the electricity imbalance is becoming severe during the hot summer days, and now the electricity industry has been able to continue its life by changing the working hours of the offices and imposing restrictions on the industries.
Last year, Iran produced 6.6 terawatt hours of nuclear power and became the 30th country in the world in this regard.
