IRAN: LARGEST HYDROELECTRIC POWER PLANT IN IRAN TO BE INAUGURATED.(Brief Article) From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: October 7, 2003 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Info-Prod (Middle East) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

According to "Tehran Times", Iran will inaugurate its largest hydroelectric power plant on Karkheh River, southwestern province of Khuzestan, to increase the national electricity production capacity by 400 megawatts (MW). Karkheh Hydroelectric Power Plant will be the first such plant in the country after the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and it will be officially inaugurated by President Mohammad Khatami. Managing Director of Iran's Water Resources and Energy Development Company, Ali-Ak...