TEHRAN - The project of the first home-made wind turbine design and construction implemented by Niroo Research Institute of Iran in partnership with MAPNA company has entered its final phases with the installation and erection of the main components.
“The turbine rotor installation process started on July 20 and was successfully completed as planned. Thus, after completing the installation of internal components and conducting a test run, the wind turbine with a nominal capacity of 2 megawatts will be put into operation by the end of the summer,” said Abbas Bahri, the director of the project.
“Achieving indigenous knowhow in the design and construction of power plant wind turbines, using key experts to guide wind energy projects and achieving the knowhow of making a home-made product suitable for the climatic conditions of the country’s wind sites are among the main goals of designing the wind turbine,” he added.
In 2024, the biggest wind power station in the Eastern part of Iran has been inaugurated in Sistan and Baluchistan province with a capacity of 50 megawatts which contains twenty 2.5-MW wind turbines.
According to a report by Iran’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization based in Tehran, in a ceremony attended by the Iranian energy minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian, the largest wind farm in the Eastern part of Iran was inaugurated. The farm was built with an investment of 56.5 million euros.
Mil Nader Wind Power Plant has a capacity of 50 MW and includes twenty 2.5-MW Type-2 wind turbines. The construction work of the power plant started in 2020 and after carrying out construction operations, transferring the equipment to the site and installing them, it was inaugurated in the presence of the energy minister.
The station is built in an area over nearly 1000 hectares in Nimruz County in the northwest of Zabul County in Sistan and Baluchistan province.
With this power plant, more than 250 million liters of water and 30 million liters of diesel will be saved annually as a result of every 100 megawatts of renewable energy production. The turbines used in the farm are suitable for high wind speeds and are equipped to operate in high temperatures and dust storms with the implementation of the latest changes to them.