Thermal power plants mainly have somemostly have negative effects on the environment, and the largest generationin Iran these power plants account for most of the electricity in Iran comes from these power plantsgeneration (Raeesi et al. 2020). Some of theseThese issues areinclude sinkholes, air pollution and soil salinity. A sinkhole is a depression in the ground that has no natural external surface drainage (Soldo et al. 2020). They have very localized structural impacts, but they may have far reachingfar-reaching effects on groundwater resources. Sinkholes can also have an impact on hydrologic systems, lakes, streams, and wet lands by changing water chemistry and rates of recharge or run-ofrun-off (Soldo et al. 2020). According to ISNA (Iranian Students News Agency), the Shahid MoftehMofateh thermal power plant, which was built in 1989 in the northeast of Hamadan provinceProvince in Iran, during this period, in addition to usingoverexploited the groundwater of the Famenin plain and naturally reducingreduced the groundwater level in the region, which causedcausing 25 sinkholes. It has been around, by releasing itsThe release of effluent and its indiscriminate use by farmers, it has caused soil salinity and reduced yields around itin the surrounding area. The power plant is a steam-thermal with 21 deep wells (http://en.ipo.ir/Shahid-Mofatteh-Power-Plant) for extracting groundwater, which isamounting to three million cubic meters per year (Tasnim News). Fuels consumption for thisThis power plant are Naturalconsumes natural gas and Mazot, also this type of plant ismazot and is also associated with greenhouse gas emissionemissions, which is againstcontravenes the Paris environmental agreementAgreement. Therefore, according to theThe great potential of wind and solar energy in this province means they could be suitable energy replacements for the Mofateh power plant, while increasing energy demandsdemand is another reason forto achieve this goal. Groundwater over-exploitationoverexploitation from the thick alluvial cover and the underlying cavernous limestone hashave been identified as the main factorfactors involved in sinkhole development (Taheri et al. 2015).

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