Urmia Power Plant
The asset developed from the older Urmia Gas Power Plant into the current combined-cycle facility. It integrates gas and steam turbines and is identified as a major source of power-supply support for West Azerbaijan.
Strategic and market-access role
Urmia Power Plant matters in the Hormuz Graph because it is tied to electricity resilience in West Azerbaijan, where demand comes from Urmia’s urban services, food processing, agriculture, cold chains, industrial estates, and border-region logistics. Its role connects public power supply, enterprise demand, seasonal load, fuel exposure, and operating reliability in a province shaped by dispersed settlements and trade corridors toward Turkey and Iraq-linked markets. The asset is useful for understanding how power constraints affect production, storage, and services in northwest Iran. Supports electricity reliability in West Azerbaijan, including areas linked to border-region activity toward Turkey and Iraq.
Operations, capacity & connectivity
Related use cases
Useful for power-supply risk assessment, industrial site screening, food-processing resilience review, cold-chain analysis, public-project monitoring, and demand mapping for backup power or efficiency solutions in West Azerbaijan. Analysts can use it to evaluate how electricity reliability affects Urmia, agricultural processing, border-linked warehousing, and regional logistics. Due diligence should verify grid role, fuel exposure, maintenance condition, shortage patterns, environmental constraints, and procurement channels.
Capacity and service area
Capacity: Installed capacity was reported as 1,478 MW after the third steam unit joined the national grid in February 2022. A 2023 alternative source reports 1,434 MW; the difference is unresolved. Service area: West Azerbaijan Province, including urban, industrial, agricultural and logistics-related electricity demand.
Ownership, operation & expansion
Owner and operator
Owner: Tadbir Sazan Saramad Company; ownership is reported to have transferred through privatization in January 2012. Operator: West Azerbaijan Power Generation Management Company (as of 2023).
Opening or commissioning
The original 60 MW Urmia gas plant was commissioned in October 1981. Larger combined-cycle gas units are reported to have entered operation on 29 June 2009.
Expansion and development projects
The third steam unit was connected to the national electricity grid in February 2022.
Constraints, risk & compliance
Operational constraints
Natural gas is reported as the primary fuel, with gasoil/diesel reported as backup fuel.
Key risks and compliance considerations
Installed-capacity figures differ between sources. Fuel availability and the operational implications of backup-fuel use require asset-specific verification.
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Frequently asked questions
Direct answers to the questions most likely to arise when reviewing this profile.
What is the current name of Urmia Power Plant?
The current facility is identified as Urmia Combined Cycle Power Plant. “Urmia Power Plant” can also refer to the older Urmia Gas Power Plant from which the present facility evolved.
What is the installed capacity of Urmia Combined Cycle Power Plant?
Capacity was reported as 1,478 MW following connection of the third steam unit in February 2022. A separate 2023 source reports 1,434 MW, so the current installed figure should be confirmed for transaction or engineering use.
Who operates Urmia Combined Cycle Power Plant?
West Azerbaijan Power Generation Management Company is identified as the operator as of 2023.
What fuel does the plant use?
Natural gas is reported as the primary fuel, with gasoil/diesel reported as backup fuel.