Eng. Mohammad Hossein Aqdaei, the managing director of Hormozgan Regional Power Authority, a subsidiary of the Ministry of Energy, said that 95 percent progress has so far been achieved in construction operations of the power plant.
From now on, every 45 days one of the remaining five units will be operational, the official added.
According to Aqdaei over Rls.3,000 billion ($375 million) has been invested in this project.
French ALSTOM, the global specialist in energy and transport infrastructures, has supplied gas turbine equipment and services to provide 900 MW of electric power to the power plant.
The contract, worth around 200 million euros, has been placed by MAPNA (Iran Power Plant Projects Management Company) Investment Co., an affiliate of the Ministry of Energy and Napna International, of the United Arab Emirates, to supply the power plant with six GT13E2 gas turbines.
In the future, the power plant can be extended by conversion into a combined cycle power plant with an output of approximately 1400 MW.
According to the contract, ALSTOM has guaranteed to provide spare parts for a five-year operation period.
Hormozgan power plant is located about 50km north of Bandar Abbas, the capital of the southern Province of Hormozgan, on the coast of Persian Gulf.
Located in a 106-hectare area 33km off the northeast of Bandar Abbas, the power plant is planned to compensate the projected shortage of power in the region.
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