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Bandar Abbas — Iran

Gas power plant in Hormozgan, Iran. Approximate location 27.1467, 56.1153.

GasHormozganIranCCGT · HRSGPre Construction

Bandar Abbas is a 50 MW gas power plant in Hormozgan, Iran. It ranks #156 of 177 Iran power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 89.5% of Iran's electricity; the national grid averages 660 gCO₂/kWh (5.7% low-carbon) (2025).

50MW installed capacity
1HRSG unit(s)
2002Pre Construction

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1008120.

Data status

Known data

FacilityBandar Abbas WRI
CountryIran · Hormozgan WRI
Coordinates27.1467, 56.1153 WRI
FuelGas WRI
MW installed capacity50 MW GEM · 2026 · L100000407062; part of a generating complex
Verification noteQuality label backfilled from existing source-backed capacity provenance on 2026-07-05; capacity value was not changed. source-verified
OwnerHormozgan Regional Electric Co [100%] WRI
Commissioned2002 WRI
TechnologyCCGT · HRSG WRI

Calculated from dataset

Capacity rank in country#156 / 177 calculated
Fuel-specific rank in country#119 / 121 calculated
Capacity vs country/fuel peers0.09× · 546 MW · n=121 calculated
Climate26.8°C · HDD 1 derived from coordinates
Environmental severityC1 · 46/100 derived from coordinates

Not available

GWh reported / yrNot available not in dataset
CO₂ emissionsNot available not in dataset

Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.

Capacity provenance

The public capacity above is the current source-record value. A 2026 tracker candidate lists 1,894 MW for Bandar Abbas power station, but it is not used as the public primary value until scope is verified (unit vs operating vs installed/project total).

Data provenance

The capacity and/or fuel fields on this page include a source-backed provenance label from GEM, an official registry, Wikidata, OSM, or a cross-source match.

capacity: GEM · 2026 · L100000407062; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 50 MW, Bandar Abbas is below the median gas plant in Iran (546 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG). Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #119 largest gas power plant of 121 in Iran by capacity.

Iran has 121 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 83,060 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 27.1467, 56.1153 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of power plant is Bandar Abbas?

Bandar Abbas is a 50 MW gas power plant in Hormozgan, Iran, Pre Construction 2002.

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