Live updates: Iran war news; Trump threatens to ‘obliterate’ Iran’s power plants
US President Donald Trump has threatened to “hit and obliterate” Iran’s power plants , “STARTING WITH THE BIGGEST ONE FIRST!” if it does not open the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. Here’s a look at the facilities in the country:
Iran has about 110 gas plants, a small number of which are hybrid, according to data from OpenInfraMap, an open-source intelligence tool for researching energy infrastructure, compiled by volunteers.
The country also operates solar, hydro, wind, oil, diesel, coal, geothermal and nuclear plants, according to the site.
The three biggest plants by output run on gas:
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Damavand Combined Cycle Power Plant: located around 70 km southeast from downtown Tehran. Output: 2,868MW.
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Shahid Salimi: located in Mazandaran province, near the Caspian Sea. Output: 2,215 MW.
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Shahid Rajai: located some 110 km northeast of downtown Tehran. Output: 2,043 MW.
For context: Florida’s West County Energy Center is the largest operating natural gas power plant in the US, with an output of 3,750 MW, according to OpenInfraMap.
Iran produces most of its electricity via fossil fuels. Over 340,000 GWh came from such fuels, while almost 28,000 GWh was from renewable energy in 2023, according to data from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) website.
Iran says it only has one nuclear power reactor in operation — the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in the west — and another under construction, according to the IAEA. In 2023, Iran produced 5,740 GWh of electricity by nuclear energy.
Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization said a “hostile projectile” struck the Bushehr site on Tuesday, but reported no casualties and no damage to the facility.
CNN’s Teele Rebane contributed to this report.
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