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Component

Rudbar Lorestan Dam & Hydropower Plant Project

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Cities

Aligoodarz
Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Cost

$0.7b
$680,000,000

Phases

Objective

Description

The purpose of this project was to construct a dam that has two power production units — with two 225-MW vertical Francis turbine-generator units — on the Rudbar River in the Zagros Mountains, and nearly 100 kilometers south of Aligoodarz City in Lorestan Province.

Finance

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$578000000 loan
Government of China Government

Operators

Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company
Company

Contractors

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China Gezhouba Group Company
Company