President Trump again threatened strikes on Iranian power plants, saying “next
week will be very bad for them — next week it’s the power plants.” OpenInfraMap
shows Iran has about 110 gas-fired power plants, with a small number using mixed
fuels; the country also operates solar, hydro, wind, oil, diesel, coal,
geothermal and nuclear facilities. By installed capacity the three largest
Iranian plants are gas-fired: Damavand combined-cycle (about 2,868 MW, ~70 km SE
of central Tehran); Shahid Salimi (about 2,215 MW, Mazandaran province near the
Caspian Sea); and Shahid Rajaei (about 2,043 MW, ~110 km NE of central Tehran).
For reference, the largest US operating gas plant listed is Florida’s West
County Energy Center at about 3,750 MW. The IAEA reports Iran’s 2023 generation
was dominated by fossil fuels (~340,000 GWh), renewables produced ~28,000 GWh
and nuclear ~5,740 GWh; Iran has one operating reactor at Bushehr and one under
construction.
