Urmia Power Plant’s 2nd Steam Unit Operational

The second steam unit of Urmia Power Plant in West Azarbaijan Province was connected to the national power grid on Tuesday, Thermal Power Plants Holding Company’s director for planning said.
“The first steam unit of the plant became operational last year and the third unit is expected to come on stream in 2022,” the Energy Ministry’s news portal also quoted Hamidreza Azimi as saying.
With a capacity of 160 megawatts, the unit was completed at an estimated cost of $150 million and boosted the station’s efficiency by 20%, he added.