Shahid Rajaee Power Plant
The plant combines conventional thermal generation and combined-cycle generation in Qazvin Province. Official plant information lists 13 generating units and 1,900 MW of installed capacity. It began operation with its first thermal unit in 1993, and the final combined-cycle steam unit entered operation in 2007.
Strategic and market-access role
Shahid Rajaee Power Plant matters in the Hormuz Graph because it supports electricity resilience in the Tehran-Qazvin industrial corridor, where manufacturing estates, logistics routes, food processing, automotive suppliers, and capital-region enterprise demand depend on stable power. Its role connects Qazvin’s industrial base, westbound freight corridors, urban demand, grid stability, fuel exposure, and environmental pressure. The asset is analytically useful because Qazvin functions as both a production province and a logistics bridge between Tehran, Zanjan, Gilan, and northwest Iran. National-grid generation asset. The evidence does not define specific direct industrial connections or a more precise market-access role.
Operations, capacity & connectivity
Related use cases
Useful for power-supply risk assessment, industrial site screening, manufacturing resilience review, public-project monitoring, environmental-risk analysis, and demand mapping for backup power, efficiency, or maintenance services. Analysts can use it to evaluate how electricity constraints affect Qazvin industrial towns, warehousing, cold chains, and westbound logistics. Due diligence should verify grid role, fuel exposure, maintenance condition, local shortage patterns, emissions constraints, and procurement channels.
Capacity and service area
Capacity: 1,900 MW installed capacity: 1,000 MW thermal capacity across four 250 MW steam units, plus 900 MW combined-cycle capacity across six 100 MW gas units and three 100 MW steam units. Service area: To supply Qazvin, Tehran, and other northern and northwestern regions through the national grid.
Ownership, operation & expansion
Owner and operator
Owner: Thermal Power Plants Holding Company (شرکت مادر تخصصی تولید برق حرارتی) Operator: Shahid Rajaee Power Generation Management Company (شرکت مدیریت تولید برق شهید رجایی)
Opening or commissioning
1993, when the first thermal unit entered operation. The final combined-cycle steam unit entered operation in 2007.
Constraints, risk & compliance
Key risks and compliance considerations
The facility’s stated fuel configuration combines natural gas as its primary fuel with mazut (fuel oil) as backup fuel. The evidence pack does not quantify fuel-availability, emissions, maintenance or other operating risks.
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Frequently asked questions
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What is the installed capacity of Shahid Rajaee Power Plant?
The plant has 1,900 MW of installed capacity: 1,000 MW of thermal capacity and 900 MW of combined-cycle capacity.
What fuel does Shahid Rajaee Power Plant use?
Official plant information identifies natural gas as the primary fuel and mazut, or fuel oil, as the backup fuel.
Who operates Shahid Rajaee Power Plant?
It is operated by Shahid Rajaee Power Generation Management Company and owned by Thermal Power Plants Holding Company.
When did Shahid Rajaee Power Plant begin operating?
The first thermal unit entered operation in 1993. The final steam unit of the combined-cycle plant entered operation in 2007.