Indigenized F-Class Gas Turbine Starts Operation in Hormozgan

The gas unit of Hengam Power Plant in Bandar Abbas, southern  Hormozgan Province, the first of its kind in the country to have an indigenized F-class gas turbine, has started operation, director of combined-cycle projects at the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
“With a capacity of 307 megawatts, this is the first of two gas units of the plant built by Iranian engineers,” the Energy Ministry news portal Paven quoted Alireza Nasrollahi as saying.
“Another 307 MW F-class gas turbine is under construction along with a 292 MW steam unit. When fully operational, the power station will have generation capacity of 906 MW,” he added, noting that the project is estimated to cost $612 million.