Specialized Consortium Formed to Obviate Problem of Pollution of Shazand Power Plant in Central Iran
In line with the call to reduce the emissions of the Shazand Arak thermal power plant, issued by the Water, Climate and Environment Department of the Iranian Vice-Presidency for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy in May this year, Nourbakhsh, the secretary of the headquarters for the development of the knowledge-based economy of water, climate and environment, the relevant scientists and a team of experts visited Shazand Arak power plant.
During the visit, Nourbakhsh stated that the purpose of this visit is to speed up the creation of a specialized consortium to eliminate the pollution of Shazand power plant by using the capacities of knowledge-based, technological and creative companies.
Shazand Thermal Power Plant is a 1,300MW gas fired power project. It is located in Markazi province in Central Iran.
According to GlobalData, who tracks and profiles over 170,000 power plants worldwide, the project is currently active. It has been developed in multiple phases. Post completion of construction, the project got commissioned in July 2000.
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