Chabahar Power Plant to Raise Output

The steam unit of Chabahar Power Plant in Sistan-Baluchestan Province will come online by the end of spring. With the launch of the unit with 160 MW capacity, total capacity of the station in southeast Iran will reach 575 MW.
The power plant is located 15 km from Chabahar on the road to Iranshahr and consumes over a million cubic meter of gas per day as feedstock. A simple cycle power plant, it consists of six gas units, two 157.5-MW units and four 25-MW units (415 MW in total). Addition of the steam unit transform the station into a combined-cycle one, ILNA reported.
A combined-cycle power plant uses both gas and steam turbines to produce up to 50% more electricity from the same fuel than a traditional simple cycle plant. The waste heat from the gas turbine is sent to a nearby steam turbine, which also generates electricity.
Increasing output of the power plant will help supply stable power to households in the southernmost tip in Iran and part of the power can be exported to neighboring Pakistan. Iran exports 500 million kilowatt hours of electricity to Pakistan per annum.
With total installed capacity of 86,000 MW, Iran is the largest exporter and importer of electricity in the Middle East. It exports power to Pakistan, Turkey, Iraq and Afghanistan. Azerbaijan and Armenia supply electricity under swap agreements.