The electricity generation capacity of thermal power plants in Iran topped 75,000 megawatts following the connection of the first gas unit of the Sabzevar Power Plant to the nationwide electricity grid, an official at the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH) said.
Iran has attracted some $6 billion of foreign investments for construction of new power plants, the managing director of Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said on Friday.
Turkish companies will build power plants with capacity of up to 5,000 MW in Iran, Jamshid Sajdei, an official with the country’s Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (TPPH), said.
Iran has launched construction of a new unit at Busheher nuclear power plant with the help of Russia.
Iran has devised worth $30 billion plans for developing its power infrastructure in the following five years, which include building power plants, repairing and upgrading current ones, as well as developing and making the power grid smart, Iranian Minister of Energy Hamid Chitchian said.
Turkey’s Unit International announced that it will construct seven gas power plants valued $4.2 billion.
A consortium of companies from Belgium and Turkey will work together to build five combined-cycle power plants in Iran.
