Copper Industries CCGT Power Plant — Iran

Copper Industries CCGT Power Plant is a 950 MW gas power station in Kerman, Iran. It ranks #53 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).

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

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 950 MW, Copper Industries CCGT Power Plant is well above 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 “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 #39 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

• Samangan power station · Gas · 492 MW · Kerman
• Kerman · Gas · 1,912 MW · Kerman
• Golgohar Sirjan power station · Gas · 1,547 MW · Kerman
• Zarand Tpph power station · Gas · 484 MW · Kerman
• Zarand · Oil · 60 MW · Kerman
• Butia power plant · Gas · 460 MW · Kerman

Location

Coordinates 29.998906, 55.795158 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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