Construction work on Hengam Combine Cycle Power Plant in southern Hormozgan Province is halfway through and its gas unit will come on stream next summer, director of the project Alireza Nasrollahi said.
Located in west Bandar Abbas, the provincial capital, the plant will have two gas units each with capacity of 307 megawatts plus a 292 MW steam unit that is being developed by the Mapna Group, IRNA reported.
The project has made 50% progress. It will be up and running in three years and cost $560 million, Nasrollahi added.
“Iran’s energy and infrastructure conglomerate Mapna has bought F-class gas turbines from Siemens for the Hengam Power Plant”.
The new power capacity being installed in Bandar Abbas is sufficient to supply electricity to 150,000 homes.
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.
The government plans to increase power generation from the current 79,000 megawatts to 100,000 MW in five years.
It has been reported that the Energy Ministry will gradually phase out inefficient power plants, improve and expand electricity infrastructure and adopt modern power production technology.
Effective steps have been taken to convert conventional plants into combined-cycle units to improve efficiency and reduce pollution and costs.
