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Iranian President Hassan Rohani, on Thursday, inaugurated eight electricity and water projects in the southern province Bushehr and northwestern West Azarbaijan province via video conference. The projects included the first steam unit of the Assaluyeh combined cycle power plant in Bushehr and the Oshnavieh Dam in West Azarbaijan, as well as some development projects to improve and optimize the power distribution networks in both provinces.Hassan Rohani opened the first steam unit of the combined-cycle power plant in Assaluyeh. Managing director of Thermal Power Plants Holding Company, Mohsen Tarztalab said that the steam unit of the Assaluyeh combined cycle power plant has been implemented with IRR 22,400 billion (~US$124.4 million) of investment. As reported, the steam unit of the Assaluyeh combined cycle power plant is going to create direct jobs for 800 people. The implementation of this unit is going to increase the efficiency of the power plant up to 50% from its current 33%. The facility feeds 160 megawatts (MW) of electricity to Iran’s national power grid, reported IRNA. The power plant has been designed and launched by MAPNA, Iran’s largest energy construction company, which also owns the facility. The IRNA report said the steam unit of the power plant is the first in Iran that enjoys a fully home-made distributed control system (DCS).Over IRR 2,440 billion (~US$13.5 million) has also been invested in the Oshnavieh Dam project.A total IRR 26,300 billion (~US$146.1 million) has been invested in the eight projects inaugurated in the mentioned provinces; the projects will create direct employment for 1,687 people. Earlier this year, Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said following a program called “A-B-Iran”, the ministry is going to inaugurate 250 major water and electricity projects worth IRR 500 trillion (~US$2.7 billion) during the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 20, 2021).According to Ardakanian, in the water sector, the mentioned projects include nine major dams, implementation of modern irrigation systems in 54,000 hectares of land, 20 water, and wastewater treatment plants and supplying drinkable water through pipeline to more than 1400 rural areas across the country. According to the A-B-Iran scheme [the acronyms A and B stand for water, electricity in Persian], Energy Ministry plans to inaugurate some water, electricity projects across the country every week.Back in May, Ardakanian inaugurated six electricity projects in Markazi Province in central Iran through video conference. The mentioned projects were inaugurated in the third week of the implementation of “A-B-Iran” program. During the 20 weeks of the mentioned program in the previous year, the minister made 31 trips to various provinces for inaugurating energy projects. - Bargh News, Tehran Times, Donya-ye Eghtesad, Iran Daily