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Russia to build major power plant in Iran

TEHRAN, January 19, 2017

Iran and Russia have signed an agreement worth billions of dollars for Russian companies to build a power plant in Iran and enhance the power generation capacity of another plant, said a senior official.

The Russians will improve the efficiency at Ramin Power Plant in Khuzestan Province to 50-55 per cent from the current 36 per cent, Alireza Daemi, Iranian deputy energy minister, was quoted as saying in an Iran Daily News report, citing Mehr News Agency.

He added that another Russian company will build a 1,400-MW power plant in Bandar Abbas, Hormuzgan Province.

Daemi noted that the details of the two contracts between Iran and Russia are worth several billion dollars and the details will be announced in the future.




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