Amir Kabir Dam and Hydroelectric Plant
Dam and hydroelectric scheme, 340 million m3/year of drinking water for Tehran and 130 million m3/year of irrigation water around Karaj; 90 MW in two vertical Francis units of 45 MW and about 150 GWh/year; dam 180 m high from foundation and 163 m from the river bed with a 390 m crest, on a 764 km2 catchment carrying a mean 472 million m3/year in Iran.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Iran
- Location
- Karaj
- Coordinates
- 35.956, 51.090
- Technology
- Dam and hydroelectric scheme
- Capacity
- 340 million m3/year of drinking water for Tehran and 130 million m3/year of irrigation water around Karaj; 90 MW in two vertical Francis units of 45 MW and about 150 GWh/year; dam 180 m high from foundation and 163 m from the river bed with a 390 m crest, on a 764 km2 catchment carrying a mean 472 million m3/year
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Tehran Regional Water Company
- Contractor
- —
- Operator
- Tehran Regional Water Company
- Finance
- Government of Iran
- Award or start year
- 1957
- Commissioned
- 1961
Record last checked 2026-09-20.
History
- 1949
dam studies begin (Iranian year 1328)
- 1957
construction begins (1336)
- 1961
the dam enters service (1340)
Sources
5 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Tehran Regional Water Company, Amir Kabir dam operations office (static page, Persian). thrw.ir.
- Gives the history, the 63 km north-west of Tehran location at km 23 of the Karaj to Chalus road, the 764 km2 catchment and 472 million m3 mean annual flow, the purposes of spring flood control, 340 million m3/year of Tehran drinking water, 130 million m3/year of irrigation and about 150,000 MWh/year of peaking generation, and the dimensions: crest 390 m long and 7.85 m wide, 30 m wide at the river bed, 163 m high from the river bed and 180 m from foundation, six outlet gates totalling 1,550 m3/s and a radial-gated spillway of 1,450 m3/s.
- No reservoir volume is published on the page.
- Tehran Regional Water Company, hydroelectric power plants (static page, Persian). thrw.ir.
- MENA Water Review major projects register and PPP pipeline — compiled from procurer publications, development-bank project pages and trade reporting; each record names its source.
Gives Amir Kabir as two vertical Francis units of 45 MW with average annual generation of 150 GWh.