TEHRAN -- Kish Power Plant No. 6 with a capacity of 37.5 megawatts became operational on the island, southern Iran, the managing director of Kish Water and Power Company said Monday.

The project cost about 110 billion rials ($11.75m).
Electricity consumption growth rate in Kish is more than twice as in other parts of Iran, Saeid Dezfuli added, accenting the necessity of such a power plant.
In the project, having been developed to a great deal last summer, 74,860 cu. m. of ground has been graded and high- and low-voltage cables with 10,500 meter length have been laid, he said.
The plant soars Kish power generation to 120 megawatts, the advisor to minister of energy added.
Mahmud Moqaddam expressed hope Kish Island will face no blackouts next summer