Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 8

21-February-2005

IRAN

Kouhrang Hydropower Plant Inaugurated By Bitaraf

Iranian Energy Minister Habibollah Bitaraf on 15 February inaugurated the 35mw Kouhrang hydropower plant in the Chahar Mahal Bakhtiari province of Southwest Iran. The IRNA news agency quoted Mr Bitaraf as saying that Iranian hydroelectric generating capacity was expected to rise from less than 4gw currently to 12gw by the end of the fourth five-year development plan, in 2010. The cost...