Gotvand Olya Dam and Hydroelectric Plant
Dam and hydroelectric scheme, 4.5 km3 reservoir (4.43 km3 live); 2,000 MW in eight units of 254 MW across two phases of 1,000 MW; 4,500 GWh/year in Iran.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Iran
- Location
- Gotvand
- Coordinates
- 32.276, 48.836
- Technology
- Dam and hydroelectric scheme
- Capacity
- 4.5 km3 reservoir (4.43 km3 live); 2,000 MW in eight units of 254 MW across two phases of 1,000 MW; 4,500 GWh/year
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company
- Contractor
- Farab (EPC excluding engineering and procurement of turbine, generator and governor)
- Operator
- Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company
- Finance
- Government of Iran
- Award or start year
- 2001
- Commissioned
- —
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 1997
diversion tunnels started
- 2001
main dam works started
- 2003
Mahan Consulting Engineers appointed main consultant
Sources
4 references
Every field in the record above is taken from the references below. A field that none of them confirms prints as a dash.
- Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company (IWPCO), project page. iwpco.ir.
- (in Persian).
- Rockfill dam with a clay core, 180 m high from foundation with a crest length of 760 m and a body volume of 28.5 million m3, in Khuzestan 380 km from the mouth of the Karun; total reservoir 4.5 billion m3 with 4.43 billion m3 live at elevation 234 m over 96.5 km2 and a 90 km lake; installed capacity 2,000 MW in two phases of 1,000 MW, eight vertical Francis units of 254 MW, annual energy 4,500 GWh; main consultant Mahan Consulting Engineers selected in 2003; diversion tunnels from 1997 and main works from 2001. Farab, Upper Gotvand hydro power plant. farab.com.
- 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.
Client Iran Water and Power Resources Development Co.; 4 x 250 MW vertical Francis at 187.5 rpm in a surface powerhouse; average annual generation 4,500 GWh; EPC excluding turbine, generator and governor.