Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran-Hormoz nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 5,000 |
| 2 | Damavand C.C. | Gas | 2,868 |
| 3 | Mobarakeh Steel power station | Gas | 2,732 |
| 4 | Shahid Rajaee | Gas | 2,044 |
| 5 | Karoune 3 | Hydro | 2,000 |
| 6 | Masjed Soleyman | Hydro | 2,000 |
| 7 | Shahid Abbaspuor | Hydro | 2,000 |
| 8 | Kerman | Gas | 1,912 |
| 9 | Ahwaz (ramiin) | Oil | 1,850 |
| 10 | Neka (Shahid Salimi) | Oil | 1,780 |
| 11 | Shahid M. Montazeri | Oil | 1,600 |
| 12 | Chadormalu power station | Gas | 1,584 |
| 13 | Parand power station | Gas | 1,578 |
| 14 | Golgohar Sirjan power station | Gas | 1,547 |
| 15 | PGSEZ power station | Gas | 1,500 |
| 16 | Khorramshahr power station | Gas | 1,452 |
| 17 | Ardebil Sabalan | Gas | 1,435 |
| 18 | Shirvan | Gas | 1,434 |
| 19 | Kazeroon | Gas | 1,372 |
| 20 | Gilan | Gas | 1,305 |
There are 177 power plants in Iran in this open dataset, with about 114,237 MW of total capacity.
Iran-Hormoz nuclear power plant is the largest at about 5,000 MW (nuclear).
The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (121 plants), across 8 fuel types in total.
Iran's grid carbon intensity is about 660 gCO₂/kWh, with 5.7% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
Power plants in Iran