Iran adds 940MW nuclear power to grid

Abbasi said the enhancement of the national grid took place on April 28, 2012. H

He added, “This measure was taken after several experimental tests and [in line with] power plant standards.”

He further said that over the past months the experts at Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant have successfully managed to boost its performance to an “acceptable” level.

Iran officially launched the Bushehr Power Plant on September 12, 2011, which started by generating electricity at 40 percent of its capacity. The plant gained almost half of its nominal power on October 7, 2011, as it reached the capacity of 420 MW.

Iran had a total annual electricity generation capacity of 53,000 MW before 2009, which has now exceeded 60,000 MW as a result of the country’s plan to add 5,000 MW of capacity to the grid annually.

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