Ahmadinejad inaugurates Taleqan dam, underwater power plant
The project was inaugurated on the fourth day of the Government Week.
The memorial tablet of the power plant was unveiled during the inaugural ceremony, attended by Energy Minister Parviz Fattah and Chinese ambassador to Tehran.
The power plant has been constructed under the Taleqan dam lake, located 120 km northwest of the capital Tehran. It has the capacity to produce 17.8 MW electricity.
Taleqan dam and power plant are part of Taleqan multi-dimensional project, designed to be carried out in several phases to make use of potentials of Shahrud river.
In the first phase of the project, the `Sangban' diversion dam, a tunnel to carry water from Taleqan valley to Ziyaran and `Ziyaran' diversion dam were built and became operational over 30 years ago.
The second phase included construction of canals to carry water from Ziyaran to Tehran.
The third phase comprised construction of Taleqan reservoir dam and its power plant launched in 2001 by Tehran Regional Water Company and a Chinese company under a 142.9-million-dollar agreement.