Chahbahar (Kenarak) is a 64 MW oil power plant in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran. It ranks #153 of 177 Iran power plants by installed capacity. In context, oil supplies about 4.6% of Iran's electricity; the national grid averages 660 gCO₂/kWh (5.7% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1008126.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
At 64 MW, Chahbahar (Kenarak) is below the median oil plant in Iran (640 MW). Technically it is described as OCGT. Its current lifecycle status is “Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Oil-fired plants burn heavy fuel oil or diesel, usually as peaking or backup capacity on islands and grids without gas pipelines; high fuel cost keeps their utilisation low.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
The #15 largest oil power plant of 18 in Iran by capacity.
Iran has 18 oil power plants in this dataset, together about 12,674 MW of capacity.
Coordinates 25.2919, 60.643 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Chahbahar (Kenarak) is a 64 MW oil power plant in Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran, Construction 1978.
