Iran�will start operating two combined-cycle power plants with a combined generating capacity of 648 megawatts, state-run�Press TV�reported, citing Mohammad Reza Qalambor, the project�s manager.
The Shahid Bastami power station in the city of Shahroud and the Quds facility in the city of Semnan will be inaugurated today, Qalambor said, according to a report on the broadcaster�s website. Iran has invested about $38 million in the plants in the country�s central region, Press TV reported.

President�Mahmoud Ahmadinejad�in December started the second phase of a combined-cycle power plant in the northern city of Pakdasht, which the report said was the largest in the�Middle East�and cost 2 billion euros. The Pakdasht facility has 12 units for burning natural gas to produce electricity and six units that use steam, Press TV reported.

By Bloomberg

 

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