Construction of 9 Thermal Power Stations Making Rapid Progress

The construction of nine thermal power stations across the country, which started in February, has registered 60% progress, a deputy managing director of Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) said. 
“The power plants, which are being built with the investment of industries, will have a generation capacity of 5,300 megawatts,” Seyyed Zaman Hosseini was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
Giving a breakdown, he noted that the facilities in Semnan, Isfahan, Khuzestan, Yazd, Kerman, Khorasan, Hormozgan, Markazi and Sistan-Baluchestan provinces have registered a work-in-progress rate of 90%, 86%, 72%, 64%, 57%, 50%, 48%, 24% and 22% respectively in four months.
“All thermal power plants will be equipped with MAP2B gas turbines manufactured by MAPNA Group, Iran's top engineering and energy firm,” he added.