{"id":9532,"date":"2024-01-21T11:56:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T11:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=9532"},"modified":"2024-01-21T11:56:29","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T11:56:29","slug":"irans-3-month-hydropower-output-reaches-1430-mwh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/9532\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran\u2019s 3-month hydropower output reaches 1,430 MWh"},"content":{"rendered":"

RoydadNaft – <\/a><\/span>\u00a0Iran\u2019s hydroelectric power plants generated 1,430 megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity in the third quarter of the current Iranian calendar year (September 23-December 21, 2023), IRNA reported.<\/p>\n

The generation of the mentioned amount of electricity has saved the country about $60 million in fossil fuels while preventing environmental pollution.<\/p>\n

Hydropower, also known as water power, is the use of falling or fast-running water to generate electricity or to power machines. This is achieved by converting the gravitational potential or kinetic energy of a water source to produce power.<\/p>\n

Hydropower is a method of sustainable energy production. Hydropower is now used principally for hydroelectric power generation and is also applied as one-half of an energy storage system known as pumped-storage hydroelectricity.<\/p>\n

Hydropower is an attractive alternative to fossil fuels as it does not directly produce carbon dioxide or other atmospheric pollutants and it provides a relatively consistent source of power. Nonetheless, it has economic, sociological, and environmental downsides and requires a sufficiently energetic source of water, such as a river or elevated lake.<\/p>\n

International institutions such as the World Bank view hydropower as a low-carbon means for economic development.<\/p>\n

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