Masjed Soleyman Dam and Hydroelectric Plant
Dam and hydroelectric scheme, 262 million m3 reservoir (239 million m3 live); 2,000 MW in eight units of 254 MW across an original plant and an extension; 3,700 GWh/year in Iran.
Operational
The record
- Country
- Iran
- Location
- Masjed Soleyman
- Coordinates
- 32.028, 49.399
- Technology
- Dam and hydroelectric scheme
- Capacity
- 262 million m3 reservoir (239 million m3 live); 2,000 MW in eight units of 254 MW across an original plant and an extension; 3,700 GWh/year
- Capital cost
- —
- Stage
- Operational
- Owner or client
- Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company
- Contractor
- Farab (EPC for both phases); Harbin and Voith turbines; ABB and GE generators; Azer Ab
- Operator
- Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company
- Finance
- Government of Iran
- Award or start year
- 1991
- Commissioned
- 2002
Record last checked 2026-09-18.
History
- 1991
construction started
- 1995
diversion works completed
- 1996
reservoir impounded
- 2002
first units commissioned
- 2003
first-phase units in service
Sources
8 references
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- Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company (IWPCO), project page. iwpco.ir.
- (in Persian).
- Rockfill dam with a vertical clay core, 177 m high from foundation with a crest length of 497 m and a base width of 780 m, in Khuzestan north-east of Masjed Soleyman and 26 km downstream of Karun 1; total reservoir 261.597 million m3 with 239 million m3 usable; installed capacity 2,000 MW and average annual energy of 3,700 GWh; four vertical Francis units of 254 MW in the first phase and four more in the extension; consultants Mahan Ghods and Lahmeyer; contractors include Harbin of China and Azer Ab of Iran; diversion completed 1995, impoundment 1996, first units commissioned 2002-2003 and the extension phase following.
- Farab, Masjed Soleyman hydro power plant. farab.com.
- and Extension of Masjed Soleyman hydro power plant. farab.com.
- Each records 1,000 MW in four units of 250 MW with an underground powerhouse and 3,700 GWh average annual generation for the client Iran Water and Power Resources Development Co.
- GlobalData via Power Technology, Power plant profile: Masjed-e-Soleiman, Iran. power-technology.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.
gives construction from 1991, commissioning in 2002, 2,000 MW, phase 1 of four Harbin turbines at 250 MW and phase 2 of four Voith turbines at 254 MW with ABB and GE generators of 263 MVA; that page is bot-walled to curl and returns 403, and was opened and read through a browser fetch.