Sahand Powerplant

Contract Type	Engineering, Procurement & Construction
Location	Bonab, Iran
Executive stage	Final Handover
Physical Progress	100%
Commencement Date	Aug., 12, 2000
Initial Duration	26 months
General works’ Quantity
Earth works	30,000 m³
concreting	20,000 m³
Reinforcement	8,000 tons
Form working	10,000 m²
Sliding formwork	110,000 m²
Metal works	400 tons

Brief Description & Technical Specification

This powerplant is located near Tabriz city. It has 2 steam units with a total capacity of 650 megawatts. The main fuel of powerplant is gas and the backup fuel is Mazut. The powerplant has two cooling towers which were executed using sliding formwork system. The project water consumption is less than 4 liters per second.