New Plant Supplies Power to South, Southeast Regions

The first gas unit of Mahtab Kavir Power Plant in Zarand County, Kerman Province, has been connected to the national electricity network, director of the power project at the Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
“With a capacity of 162 megawatts, the unit has been officially launched after a two-month trial operation,” the Energy Ministry’s news portal Paven also reported Mahmoud Sadeqi as saying.
The second gas unit of the plant will become operational soon and a steam unit will be launched later, he added.
Sadeqi noted that the power station helps supply electricity to south and southeastern regions in the provinces of Kerman, Hormozgan and Sistan-Baluchestan.