TEHRAN – Iran has begun construction of its first H-class gas power plant in the capital’s Tarasht district, Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said on Tuesday, as the country presses ahead with expanding power generation capacity.

Speaking at the inauguration of new development projects by MAPNA Group at the Parand combined-cycle plant, Aliabadi said the Tarasht facility will include four units.

He added that several new power units with a combined capacity of 183 megawatts have recently come online in Neka, Chadormalu, Yazd, Kerman, Golgohar, Khorramabad, and Bushehr.

Smaller plants have also been inaugurated in Andimeshk with 30 megawatts of capacity and in Kerman with 42 megawatts, he said.

The minister praised the Parand plant as a showcase for Iran’s power industry, noting its role in testing homegrown technologies. Originally built by the government and later transferred to MAPNA as part of debt repayment, the plant has since been upgraded into a combined-cycle facility and was the first to launch a project investment fund with public participation.

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