TEHRAN — Parand Gas Turbine Power Plant, in southern Tehran Province will completely become operational by February 2007, Mohammad Behzad, the managing director of Iran Power Development Company (I.P.D.C) said here on Monday.

Parand Gas Turbine Power Plant has six 159 MW units, and it is currently under construction, he added during a visit to the power plant.

Also, Parand project manager Akbar Abrisham-Forushan said that the power plant’s station to decrease pressure will come on stream in the near future.

He further stated that four units of the power plant have thus far synchronized with the national power grid.

Parand power plant is under construction in a land area as large as 100 hectares in 37 kilometer off Tehran-Saveh Freeway. Using gas as the main fuel, the power plant will also utilize diesel as the substitute fuel. For this purpose, two tankers with the capacity of 20,000 cu. m. apiece have been built to store diesel fuel. Over half of the equipment used to construct Parand power plant has been provided domestically.