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New F-Class Gas Turbine for Bandar Abbas Power Plant

With a capacity of 307 megawatts, the project cost $612 million and was completed by Iranian engineers
New F-Class Gas Turbine for Bandar Abbas Power Plant
New F-Class Gas Turbine for Bandar Abbas Power Plant

The second gas unit of Hengam Power Plant in Bandar Abbas, southern Hormozgan Province, which was equipped with an indigenized F-class turbine, came on stream on Thursday in the presence of Deputy Energy Minister Homayoun Haeri.
“With a capacity of 307 megawatts, the project cost $612 million and was completed by Iranian engineers,” the Energy Ministry’s news website quoted Haeri as saying at the inauguration ceremony.
“A 292-MW steam unit is also under construction. When fully operational, the power station will have a generation capacity of 906 MW.”
According to the official, each gas unit has an efficiency rate of 40% and as soon as the steam unit comes on stream, the power plant’s efficiency will reach 60%.

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