Shahid Abbaspour is a 2,000MW hydro power project. It is located on Karun river/basin in Khuzestan, Iran. According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. The project construction commenced in 1961 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1977. Buy the profile here.

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Description

The hydro reservoir capacity is 3,139 million cubic meter.

Shahid Abbaspour (Abbaspour Expansion (Karun 1) Phase II) consists of 4 turbines with 250MW nameplate capacity.

Development status

The project construction commenced in 1961 and subsequently entered into commercial operation in 1977.

Contractors involved

Farab was selected to render engineering procurement construction services for the hydro power project.

Shahid Abbaspour (Abbaspour (Karun 1) Phase I) is equipped with GE Renewable Energy francis turbines. The phase consists of 4 turbines with 265MW nameplate capacity.

GE Renewable Energy supplied 4 electric generators for the Shahid Abbaspour (Abbaspour (Karun 1) Phase I). The generator capacity is 250 MVA.

Andritz Hydro supplied electric generator(s) for the Shahid Abbaspour (Abbaspour Expansion (Karun 1) Phase II).

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This content was updated on 4 January 2024

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This information is drawn from GlobalData’s Power Intelligence Center, which provides detailed profiles of over 170,000 active, planned and under construction power plants worldwide from announcement through to operation across all technologies and countries worldwide.