Iran opens major power projects in energy-rich Khuzestan
The Iranian government has opened a series of major electricity projects in the energy-rich province of Khuzestan in its southwest amid plans to boost business activity in the region.
President Ebrahim Raeisi on Thursday opened a 307 megawatt (MW) power plant in Do Kuheh area near the city of Andimeshk in Khuzestan.
The gas-fired electricity station is a first phase of a combined cycle power plant in Do Kuheh which includes an unfinished steam unit with a generation capacity of 144 MW.
The government has spent some 142 million euros on فاث construction of the gas unit of the Do Kuheh power plant, according to a report by Raeisi’s website, which added that the power plant will create 100 permanent jobs in the region.
The report said the F-class power plant will have an efficiency rate of 58%, one of the highest in Iran.
Using a video conference link, Raeisi also inaugurated dozens of other water and electricity projects across Khuzestan, a province of more than five million people which is home to some of Iran’s largest oilfields.
Among the projects was a 196 MW steam unit in the West Karun power plant, a project which will boost electricity supply to oilfields near Iran’s border with Iraq. The power plant unit, which had been opened in July last year, was synchronized with the national power grid in Iran on Thursday.
The official IRNA news agency said a total of 33 new energy projects with an investment of 87 trillion rials ($174 million) were opened during Raeisi’s visit to Khuzestan.
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