Construction of the first gas unit of Hengam Combined Cycle Power Plant in southern Hormozgan Province is complete and will be launched in two months, the director of combined cycle power plant projects at the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
Using F-class gas turbines, the unit is one of the two gas units, each with a capacity of 307 megawatts, of the plant that is located in Bandar Abbas, the provincial capital, Alireza Nasrollahi was reported as saying by IRNA.
The plant will have a 280 MW steam unit, which brings the total capacity to 894 MW. It will be fully operational next year and cost $560 million.
Energy and infrastructure conglomerate Mapna has bought F-class gas turbines from Siemens for the plant that will supply electricity to 150,000 homes.
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