The steam unit of West Karoun Combined-Cycle Power Plant was on Friday inaugurated by Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi visiting the southwestern province of Khuzestan.

The steam unit launch coincided with a 200-megawatt increase in the plant’s power generation capacity.

West Karoun Combined-Cycle Power Plant has two gas-fired units with a 166 MW nominal capacity and one steam unit having a 160 MW nominal capacity.

The plant has high-voltage substations and power transmission lines installed by Iranian experts, supplying West Karoun oil fields with power.

Up to now, two 400-kilovolt (kV) substations, two 230 kV substations, and 180-kilometer-long transmission lines have been set up, and 120 kilometers more are under construction.

In addition, West Karoun Combined-Cycle Power Plant has been transmitting the surplus electricity production (SEP) to the national grid over the past three years.