Iran’s First BOT Power Plant Fully Operational
The last of six 159mw open cycle gas turbine generating sets comprising the Chehelsotun power plant in South Isfahan was brought on-line on 13 June. The 950mw gas-fired plant is the first to be completed in Iran under a build-operate-transfer (BOT) agreement, and was developed by a 50:50 joint venture of Iranian investment house IHAG and local power contractor Mapna. The first unit at Chehelsotun was brought on-line last summer (MEES, 29 August 2005). Iran’s Ministry of Energy is pursuing six other BOT projects with a combined capacity of 6.5gw (MEES, 21 March 2005).
