Iran, Islamic Republic of
TABLE 1. ESTIMATED AVAILABLE ENERGY SOURCES
| Estimated available energy sources | ||||||
| Fossil Fuels | Nuclear | Renewables | ||||
| Solid | Liquid | Gas | Uranium | Hydro | Other | |
| Total amount in specific units* | 1121.8 | 156.53 | 33.79 | 1390** | 0.01 | 0.001 |
TABLE 2. ENERGY STATISTICS
| Average annual growth rate (%) | ||||||
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2013 | 2000 to 2013 | |
| Energy consumption** | ||||||
| - Total | 185 | 359.82 | 621.65 | 1196.7 | 1181.1 | 5.1 |
| - Solids*** | 0.1 | 0.12 | 0.15 | 4.8 | 2.1 | 22.5 |
| - Liquids | 161.9 | 270.7 | 362.7 | 756.3 | 422.2 | 1.2 |
| - Gases | 8.7 | 55.9 | 200.6 | 344.1 | 631.3 | 9.2 |
| - Nuclear | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| - Hydro | 11.3 | 29.6 | 55.6 | 79.7 | 117.2 | 5.9 |
| - Other Renewables | 3 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 11.8 | 8.3 | 9.3 |
| Energy production | - | |||||
| - Total | 585.2 | 1366.1 | 1812.02 | 2226.68 | 2215.57 | 1.6 |
| - Solids*** | 2.9 | 4.4 | 5.6 | 7.6 | 5.12 | -0.7 |
| - Liquids | 541.2 | 1192.2 | 1429.4 | 1582.9 | 1209.7 | -1.3 |
| - Gases | 29.3 | 153.1 | 372.2 | 614.8 | 985.24 | 7.8 |
| - Nuclear | - | - | - | - | 3.29 | - |
| - Hydro | 8.8 | 9.5 | 2.22 | 9.54 | 7.3 | 9.6 |
| - Other Renewables | 3 | 6.9 | 2.6 | 11.84 | 4.92 | 5.0 |
| Net import (Import - Export) | - | |||||
| - Total | -324.7 | -872.7 | -948 | -979.5 | -604.4 | -3.4 |
TABLE 3. ELECTRICITY PRODUCTION, CONSUMPTION AND CAPACITY
| Average annual growth rate (%) | ||||||
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2014 | 2000 to 2014 | |
| Capacity of electrical plants (GWe) | ||||||
| - Thermal | 9.85 | 12.85 | 24.81 | 32.15 | 61.17 | 6.7 |
| - Hydro | 1.8 | 1.95 | 2 | 6.04 | 10.79 | 12.8 |
| - Nuclear | - | - | - | - | 1.02 | - |
| - Wind | - | - | - | 0.05 | 0.17 | - |
| - Total | 11.65 | 14.8 | 26.81 | 38.24 | 73.15 | 7.4 |
| Electricity production (TW.h) | ||||||
| - Thermal | 1 | 1.25 | 112.06 | 155 | 255.87 | 6.1 |
| - Hydro | 5.62 | 6.08 | 3.65 | 16.1 | 13.86 | 10.0 |
| - Nuclear | - | - | - | 0.07 | 4.14 | - |
| - Renewable | - | - | - | - | 0.61 | - |
| - Total (1) | 6.62 | 7.33 | 115.71 | 171.17 | 274.48 | 6.4 |
| Total Electricity consumption (TW.h) | - | - | - | 132.9 | 219.7 | - |
TABLE 4. ENERGY RELATED RATIOS
| 1980 | 1990 | 2000 | 2005 | 2013 | |
| Energy consumption per capita (Equivalent Barrel/capita) | 4.71 | 6.72 | 9.68 | 12.23 | 13.92 |
| Electricity consumption per capita (kW.h/capita) | 596.59 | 1084.78 | 1890.14 | 2566.48 | 3344.05 |
| Electricity production/Energy production (%) | 5.2 | 6.6 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.1 |
| Nuclear/Total electricity (%) | - | - | - | - | 0.15 |
| Ratio of external dependency (%) (1) | 54.7 | 66.1 | 64 | 66.1 | 64.9 |
TABLE 5: STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AS OF 31 DECEMBER 2016
| Reactor Unit | Type | Net Capacity [MW(e)] |
Status | Operator | Reactor Supplier |
Construction Date |
First Criticality Date |
First Grid Date |
Commercial Date |
Shutdown Date |
UCF for 2016 |
| BUSHEHR-1 | PWR | 915 | Operational | NPPDCO | JSC ASE | 1975-05-01 | 2011-05-08 | 2011-09-03 | 2013-09-23 | 74.6 |
| Data source: IAEA - Power Reactor Information System (PRIS). | |||||||||||
| Note: Table 7 is completely generated from PRIS data to reflect the latest available information and may be more up to date than the text of the report. |
TABLE 6. PLANNED NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
| Station/Project Name | Type | Capacity | Expected Construction Start Year | Expected Commercial Year |
| BUSHEHR-2 | VVER | 1000 | 30 months after site report | 78 months after construction date |
| BUSHEHR-3 | VVER | 1000 | 48 months after site report | 96 months after construction date |