Abbas Aliabadi, Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade, together with Mohammad Reza Mothaghinia, Head of Imidro’s Board of Directors; Ardeshir Saadmohammadi, CEO of Mining and Metals Development Investment Holding, and managers and deputies of “Vamadan” and dynamic energy group, as well as provincial and city officials, visited the project to increase the capacity of 366 megawatt gas power plant and 10 megawatt Shahid Bakri solar power plant in Semnan on the morning of Thursday, August 19, 1402. did
Ardeshir Saadmohammadi, CEO of Mining and Metals Development Investment Holding, pointed out that the plan to increase the capacity of 366 megawatts of the Semnan gas power plant is the first of the 48 projects of Iran’s progress drivers to be synchronized, and stated: This project was completed in less than a year and Synchronization of its first unit in about 5.5 months set an unprecedented record breaking speed in this industry. With this increase, the nominal capacity of Semnan gas power plant reached 732 MW.
Saad Mohammadi added: “Wamadan” holding, in line with the development of industry infrastructure and energy supply for the production units of the subsidiary, completed this project with the maximum use of internal capacities and with an investment of 86 million euros.
Referring to the plans to convert this gas power plant into a combined cycle, CEO of the Mining and Metals Development Investment Company stated: The future plan of the company is to build two 160 MW steam units (320 MW in total) with an approximate investment of 280 million euros, which after operation, electricity The production of this power plant will exceed one thousand megawatts.
Mohammad Zaman Javalan, CEO of Poyaenergy Holding, also stated that a gas power plant is put into operation in an average period of 14 to 18 months, and added: “Financial provision” on time from the major shareholder, that is, the Mining and Metals Development Investment Company. It can be seen as the main reason for the speed of implementation of this plan; Also, the preparation of the bed and auxiliary equipment (BOP) as well as the round-the-clock efforts of our colleagues are other reasons.
It should be noted that eight of the 48 economic driving projects of the country are under the management of the Mining and Metals Development Investment Company. Poya Energy Company, whose shares are 100% owned by Mines and Metals Development Investment Company, during the memorandum of understanding signed between the Ministry of Security, Energy and large mining and industrial companies to increase the capacity of 10,500 megawatts of electricity, the Pishran project to increase the capacity of 366 megawatts Two modules (183 MW) of Semnan gas power plant were switched on, and the first unit of this project was synchronized only after five months, i.e. 180 days ahead of the contract deadline, and it was completed in less than a year.
It should be noted that the companies that buy their electricity from this power plant will not face summer power outages; Because the power plants under the aforementioned memorandum have a guarantee of non-interruption and exemption from the payment of electricity transit rights.
