Karoun 4 Power Plant Generates 10% of Hydroelectric Output

The 1000-MW Karoun 4 power plant since the beginning of its operation in March 2011 has generated 3.2 million megawatt-hours of electricity, accounting for 10 percent of Iran’s total hydroelectric energy output, said Hassan Eta’ati, the plant’s general manager. (Fars News Agency, 13 July)

Karun 4 power plant includes four units of 250 MW with the annual power production of 2,107 GWH. The plant is located in Iran's Southwestern Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province, 180 kilometers Southwest of the provincial capital city of Shahr-e-Kord.

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File photo: Karoun 4 Hydrolic Power Plant (Fars News Agency)

Iran to Build Hydropower Plant in Tajikistan

Iran will soon start constructing Ayni hydroelectric power station on the Zarafshan River in Tajikistan, Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Friday during his visit to Tajik capital of Dushanbeh. (IRNA, 28 March)


Iranian engineers have developed a feasibility study for the 240-megawatt hydroelectric power station. Iranians have already built another hydroelectric power plant over the Vakhsh River in Tajikistan. That project will be formally inaugurated later this week.

File photo: Karun-4 hydroelectric dam constructed in Iran’s Khuzestan province. The project, producing 1000 MW electricity, was completed  in July 2011. (Amir Khaloosi/ISNA)

Karun-4 Dam Inaugurated

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (above) inaugurates the Karun-4 hydroelectric dam on the Karun River in southwestern Iran. The dam, a concrete double arch structure, is the country’s largest concrete dam, 230 meters high, with a reservoir of 29 square kilometers (11 square miles). The dam will generate 1,000 MW of electricity. It was designed and constructed by Iranian engineers.

Photos: Karun-4 Dam Inauguration (6 July 2011), by Amir Kholoosi / ISNA

Karun 3 Dam

The Karun 3 dam built over the Karun in Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. The dam’s power plant has 2,280 MW capacity and generates 4,137 GWh annually. The dam itself is a concrete double arch type, 673 ft high with a width of 97 ft.

Photos by Amir Pourmand, ISNA

Karun-4 Dam to Generate 1,000 MW Power

The Karun-4 hydroelectric dam on the Karun River in southwestern Iran is going through final preparation stages. The project will generate 1,000 MW of electric power. The dam, a concrete double arch type, is 230 meters high and its reservoir will be 29 square kilometers (11 sq miles).

Photos: Mehr News Agency