IRAN - Profile - Habibollah Bitaraf.Minister of Energy since Aug. 12, 1997, Bitaraf succeeded Zanganeh. He said in late 1998 he hoped his ministry would generate foreign investment of $500m per annum Per annum Yearly. in power plants to be built on BOT basis until 2005. Iran tripled its power exports to 300 MW in November November: see month. 1997 as a new power plant in the north- west city of Khoy started up. Power is exported to Armenia, Azerbaijan and Turkey. The ministry is building 10,700 MW of thermal and hydro hy·dro adj. Hydroelectric. n. pl. hy·dros 1. Hydroelectric power. 2. A hydroelectric power plant. capacity to come on stream by March 2002. Bitaraf is aged 43. In 1990-94, he was deputy minister of energy under Zanganeh, when he supervised su·per·vise tr.v. su·per·vised, su·per·vis·ing, su·per·vis·es To have the charge and direction of; superintend. [Middle English *supervisen, from Medieval Latin several major dam construction projects. He is a civil engineer with a degree from Tehran University. He has worked as an administrator in the ministry of construction crusade and has served as governor general of Yazd province. The ministry's Iran Power Plant Projects Management Co. (Mapna), expanded when Zanganeh was energy minister, is to build the 370,000 b/d Neka-Tehran crude oil pipeline (see above) and in 1998 was awarded a contract worth about $15m to build a 30 MW gas turbine turbine, rotary engine that uses a continuous stream of fluid (gas or liquid) to turn a shaft that can drive machinery. A water, or hydraulic, turbine is used to drive electric generators in hydroelectric power stations. power plant in Oman. This is one of several power projects on the Arab side of the Gulf for which bids have been made by its external subsidiary Mapna International, which is headed by Asghar Kashan. The energy ministry's biggest subsidiary is Tavanir, a huge power utility headed by Mohammad Mallaki, a deputy energy minister. |
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