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One-Fourth Of Iran’s Energy Wasted During Production
A high-ranking member of Iranian parliament says that currently almost one fourth of the energy produced in the country is being wasted.
Malek Shariati, the spokesman for the parliament energy committee said Sunday that 23% of the energy produced in Iran is lost due technical gaps.
The latest report by the World Bank shows that the intensity of energy consumption in Iran in 2019 was four times more than the European Union.
Earlier, Mohsen Delaviz, a former CEO of Iran’s Fuel Consumption Optimization Organization had announced that 40% of the energy consumed in the country is wasted without reaching consumers.
A major part of Iran’s energy waste is in the production and transmission of natural gas, as well as the conversion of fossil energy into electricity.
Based on the World Bank figures, every year 18 billion cubic meters of gas is burned and wasted only in the production phase due to lack gas collection equipment. Almost nine billion cubic meters of gas is lost in the worn-out transmission and distribution network per year.
Iran’s thermal power stations consume 70 billion cubic meters of gas and 20 billion liters of fuel oil and diesel annually while the average efficiency of thermal power plants in the country is about 37%.
On the other hand, official statistics released by the ministry of energy show that 13% of the electricity produced in the country is wasted in the transmission and distribution phases due to worn-out equipment.
3 Comments on "One-Fourth Of Iran’s Energy Wasted During Production"
makati1 on Mon, 19th Dec 2022 7:47 pm
Hmm. I wonder what the percentage of energy is lost in the US? Maybe the better word would be “waste”?
I checked the US food “waste” to be enough per year to feed the entire population of the Philippines, 100 million plus people. Then there is the fuel waste in unneeded trips, to McDonalds for fast food, for example. Bicycle anyone? Not in Amerika, the exceptional tribe.
Not a good idea to throw stones at chosen “enemies” (Iran) when you live in a glass house.
theluckycountry on Wed, 11th Jan 2023 5:45 pm
I think the bulk of the infrastructure in most nations is now well past its useby date. I would include China in this given its propensity to build garbage. China’s skyscrapers are legendary in this regard.
Here in Australia the electricity grid was given a D grade by the association of engineers, well that was 5 years ago, now they don’t publish their scores. All our oil refineries got so old they closed them.
There is no mystery in any of this. The people in control of all this infrastructure know there is no future in rebuilding it, the investment would never be repaid because without a cheap oil economy the people paying “us” will be too impoverished to do so.
dogwatch on Thu, 19th Jan 2023 7:21 pm
Iran is a very interesting state from the point of view of the world economy. How does it manage for so many years not only to exist under sanctions, but also to make its own drones and also missiles? It seems to me that Iran is worth a closer look, to explore its capabilities. This is a great topic for my essay. I develop my writing skills and blog celebrityborn.com/blogs/how-to-write-to-a-celebrity-on-instagram-to-get-a-response where I share these skills. I will definitely write an essay about Iran. Your article helped me a lot, thanks