Aras Free power station

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Aras Free power station is a power station under construction in Jolfa, East Azerbaijan, Iran.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Aras Free power station Jolfa, East Azerbaijan, Iran 38.930239, 45.63263 (approximate)[1]
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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Equipment Emergency/Backup
1 Construction[1][2] fossil gas: natural gas[3][4] 451[1] combined cycle[1] not found Siemens Energy: SGT-400F307[5] no

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner Parent
1 Mani International Group [100%][6] Mani International Group [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): power[1]
  • Captive industry: Other[1]


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Background

According to Energy Central, MAPNA CEO Abbas Ali Abadi and MIG CEO Mojtaba Rahmani "signed a deal over the construction of a 450-megawatt power plant in Aras Free Zone in northwestern Iran. The power plant will use Siemens Class F technology provided by MAPNA Group and the investment will be made by Mani International Group" in November 2017. Construction was proposed to take "about 40 months."[7]

The groundbreaking ceremony took place on February 3, 2018. At that time, a press release stated the first phase of the powerplant was "scheduled to be completed in 24 months."[8]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 https://web.archive.org/web/20220929172145/https://financialtribune.com/articles/energy/75755/mapna-to-construct-combined-cycle-plant-near-armenia-border. Archived from the original on 2022-09-29. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. ↑ https://ana.ir/en/news/8523/aras-free-trade-zone. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210712193943/https://www.mapnagroup.com/en/news/power/%DA%A9%D9%84%D9%86%DA%AF-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AB-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%B3%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D8%B2%D9%85%DB%8C%D9%86-%D8%B2%D8%AF%D9%87-%D8%B4%D8%AF. Archived from the original on 2021-07-12. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20221209070646/https://mapnamd3.com/?p=12389&lang=en. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. ↑ https://zistpars.com/%d9%be%d8%b1%d9%88%da%98%d9%87-%d9%87%d8%a7%db%8c-%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%ae%d8%b5-%d8%af%d9%be%d8%a7%d8%b1%d8%aa%d9%85%d8%a7%d9%86-hseq/?lang=en. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20210730213219/https://www.mapnagroup.com/en/news/power/%D9%82%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D8%A7%D8%AD%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%AB-%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%88%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%87-%D8%B3%DB%8C%DA%A9%D9%84-%D8%AA%D8%B1%DA%A9%DB%8C%D8%A8%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B3-f-%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%A7-%281%29. Archived from the original on 2021-07-30. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ↑ Bahrain News Agency Deal signed over combined-cycle power plant in Irans Aras FZ Energy Centeral Nov. 7, 2017
  8. ↑ "Groundbreaking Ceremony Held for F-class Power Plant in Northwestern Iran". MAPNA Group. Retrieved 2021-07-02.

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