Bakhtiari Dam and Hydroelectric Plant

Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.

1. Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company (IWPCO), project page. iwpco.ir.
2. 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.

(in Persian). Double-arch concrete dam 325 m high from foundation with a crest length of 509 m and 4.8 million m3 of concrete, on the Bakhtiari river in Lorestan about 50 km upstream of Dez Dam at 32 degrees 56 minutes 23 seconds north and 48 degrees 45 minutes 10 seconds east; reservoir 5.159 billion m3 at normal pool with 2,246 million m3 useful; catchment 6,388 km2; installed capacity 1,500 MW in six vertical Francis units of 250 MW with annual energy of about 3,000 GWh; consultants a consortium of Mahab Ghodss, Dez Engineering Consultants, Poyry Suisse and Eshtooki Pars; phase 1 studies December 1996 to December 2000 and the phase 2 consultant contract signed 28 March 2005. IWPCO lists the scheme under projects under construction in the energy section; the page records study milestones only and gives no construction start, completion date or cost.