TPPHC Converting Seven Power Plants Into Combined-Cycles 

Thermal Power Plants Holding Company has started converting seven single-cycle power plants into combined-cycles after it received the green light of the government’s Economic Council, deputy for engineering and technical affairs at TPPHC said.
“All the seven gas-powered stations are operated by the private sector and the conversion plan is projected to cost $2.5 billion,” Abbas Jalali Farahani was also quoted as saying by Barq News.
Giving a breakdown on the venture, he added that the total volume of generation of these plants, namely the Soltaniyeh Power Plant in Zanjan, Zagros Power Station in the western Kermanshah Province, Persian Gulf Power Plant in Hormozgan Province, Golestan and Semnan power plants in the namesake provinces, Khorramshahr facility in Khuzestan and Shahid Kaveh Power Plant in Khorasan Razavi Province, is less than 5,000 megawatts that will reach 7,500 MW after conversion.