Ferdowsi Power Plant Raising Efficiency

The first 160 megawatt steam unit of Ferdowsi Power Plant in Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi Province, was launched at the weekend, as the first step to convert the conventional thermal station into a more efficient combined-cycle plant, managing director of Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding Company said.
“Ferdowsi Plant had six gas units generating 954 MW,” Mohsen Tarztalab said, adding that two more 160 MW steam units are under construction. Upon completion of the two units the plant’s capacity will reach 1,434 MW, the Energy Ministry news portal Paven quoted him as saying.
The gas section, which came on stream a decade ago, consumes 2.1 billion cubic meters of gas per year. The upgraded plant's natural gas consumption should decrease by an estimated 1.1 bcm.