In 2008, the highest growth in generation of electricity belonged to gas and combined-cycle power plants, with a 9.3% growth rate while, the amount of electricity generated by hydroelectric power plants declined by 1.7%.OverviewBy 2012, had roughly 400 power plant units. By the end of 2013, it had a total installed electricity generation capacity of. The electric power industry in Iran has become self-sufficient in producing the required equipment to build power plants. While most of the electricity generators are run by the government, the equipment producers. Company, Sahand, Bistoun, Shazand, Shahid Montazeri, Tous, Shahid Rajaei, and Neishabour power stations are among the profit-making plants. Work on privatizing them was scheduled to be finalized b. The new energy/electricity bourse will be inaugurated in 2012. This will bring about more competition and transparency in Iran's electricity market. Experts believe that, following the launch of the,. In addition to the above power plants, there was 1800 MW cumulative installed capacity in 2011, which belonged to small -scale, some of which were not connected to the national grid, and many.
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