Tabas power station
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Tabas power station is a proposed 650-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Tabas, Iran.
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Location
The map below shows Tabas, the approximate location where the plant would be built.
Background on Plant
The plant would be Iran's first coal power generation plant. Construction of the plant in Tabas commenced in 2000. The government initially funded the project, but gradual and protracted funding impeded progress.[1][2]
In November 2012 it was reported that Iran planned to develop the plant with the assistance of Chinese financial backing, at a cost of US$1 billion. The power station would generate 650 MW of electricity when it became operational, four years after financing is secured. The project was reported as likely to be kicked off by the end of Iran's Fifth Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2015).[3]
In 2012 the project was listed as under construction.[4][5]
In March 2015 the governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) approved opening of a Chinese letter of credit to help accelerate development of the plant. The plant was reported as 25% complete.[1]
In December 2016 it was reported that a consortium of Iran’s MAPNA Group and China-based Shanghai Electric of State Power Investment Corporation will develop the project. The plant was still reported as 25% complete.[6]
In December 2017 the plant was reported to be abandoned.[7]
Coal source
The Tabas region in South Khorasan Province holds about 55-76% of Iran’s coal reserves, with an estimated proven coal reserve of 2.5 billion tonnes, including 1.1 billion tonnes of coking coal in Parvadeh region and 1.4 billion tonnes of thermal coal in the Mazino area, according to Iranian news sources. In 2015 it was reported that the coal concentrate output of the Tabas Parvadeh Coal Company was set to reach two million tonnes per annum from the current 750,000 tonnes, as part of a five-year development plan. The increase would be financed by the Chinese MCC Group.[8]
Project Details
- Sponsor: Tavanir Corp
- Parent company: MAPNA Group, Shanghai Electric (of parent company State Power Investment Corporation)
- Developer:
- Location: Tabas, Khorasan, Iran
- Coordinates: 33.595833, 56.924444 (approximate)
- Status: Shelved
- Capacity: 650 MW (Units 1-2: 325 MW)
- Type:
- Start date:
- Coal Type:
- Coal Source: Tabas region, South Khorasan Province
- Source of financing: Export Development Bank of Iran[9]
- Permits and applications:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Chinese LC for Tabas Power Plant," Financial Tribune, March 5, 2015
- ↑ "Current projects," Omran Azarestan Construction Co., accessed August 2014.
- ↑ Diarmaid Williams, "Iran plans $1bn coal fired power plant," Power Engineering International, Nov. 28, 2012.
- ↑ "Design and construction of civil works, Tabs Fossil-Fuel Power Station," Omran Azarestan, 05/03/2012
- ↑ "Gov't to develop coal plants," Iran Daily, Nov 24, 2014
- ↑ "China to build Iran’s first coal-fired power plant," Energy Central, December 15, 2016
- ↑ "Iranian Coal Potential Untapped," Financial Tribune, December 25, 2017
- ↑ "Coal Co. Sets Concentrate Production Target at 2m Tons p.a.," Financial Tribune, July 9, 2015
- ↑ "Coal Power Plant Project Runs Into Controversy," FT, Dec 22, 2016
