VOL. XLV

No 18

6-May-2002

IRAN

IranTo Start Work On Three New Power Plants This Year

Iranplans to start work in the current Iranian year (21 March 2002-20 March 2003)on three new electric power generating plants with a combined capacity of 2.74 gigawatts (gw),according to the Iran Daily newspaper of 28 April. The report gavedetails of the three new plants as follows: the Hormuzgangas-fired plant would have capacity of 740mw and is scheduled to beginoperating in 2004; and construction of the...