Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 35

29-August-2005

IRAN

Iran’s First BOT Power Plant Brought On-Line

The first of six 159mw open cycle gas turbine generating sets comprising Iran’s first privately-funded power plant, a 950mw station in South Isfahan, has been brought into operation. The Chehelsotun plant is being developed under a built-operate-transfer (BOT) contract with the Ministry of Energy by a 50:50 joint venture between Düsseldorf-based IHAG, a...