Largest hydropower plants in Iran

31 hydro records for Iran carry a capacity figure: 13.4 GW in total, 13.4 GW of it operating across 31 records. Operating and announced are ranked separately. Every row links to its record and its public source; the country as a whole is on the Iran market page.

Largest operating hydropower plants in Iran

#	Project	Developer	Capacity	Stage
1	Karoune 3	—	2,000 MW	Operational
2	Masjed Soleyman	—	2,000 MW	Operational
3	Shahid Abbaspuor	—	2,000 MW	Operational
4	Siahbishe	Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company	1,040 MW	Operational
5	Upper Gotvand	Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company	1,016 MW	Operational
6	Karun 4 Dam Hydropower Station	—	1,000 MW	Operational
7	Karoune 4	Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company	765 MW	Operational
8	Dez	—	520 MW	Operational
9	Seymareh	Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company	480 MW	Operational
10	Seimare Power Plant	—	480 MW	Operational
11	Rudbar Lorestan Power Plant	—	450 MW	Operational
12	Karkheh	—	400 MW	Operational
13	Daryan Dam Power Plant	Iran Water and Power Resources Development Co	210 MW	Operational
14	Sardasht Hydroelectric Powerplant	Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company	150 MW	Operational
15	Gara Chilar	Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company	130 MW	Operational
16	Kalan	—	116 MW	Operational
17	Khoda Afarin Power Plant	—	102 MW	Operational
18	Amir Kabir (hydro)	—	90 MW	Operational
19	Sefid Rood	—	87 MW	Operational
20	Maroun	—	75 MW	Operational
21	Zayanderud Dam	—	56 MW	Operational
22	Latyan	—	45 MW	Operational
23	Lavarak Hydroelectric Power Plant	Iran Water and Power Resources Development Company	44 MW	Operational
24	Koohrang 2 Hydroelectric Power Station	—	39 MW	Operational
25	Jiroft	—	32 MW	Operational
26	Iranian Aras hydro power station	—	22 MW	Operational
27	Taleghan Dam Power Station	Tehran Regional Water Authority	18 MW	Operational
28	Shoot-e-Moghan	—	13 MW	Operational
29	Gavoshan Dam	—	11 MW	Operational
30	Dorood Zan Dam	—	10 MW	Operational

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Under construction or announced

No record in this list carries a capacity figure yet.

The Iran hydro records as a file

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Questions about hydro in Iran

What is the largest hydropower plant in Iran?+

The largest operating hydropower plant on record in Iran is Karoune 3 at 2,000 MW. Ranked by the capacity figure in the public source named on the record, whole project rather than any partner's share.

How many hydropower plants does Iran have?+

Solandor holds 31 hydro records for Iran with a stated capacity, 31 of them operating. That is the public record from the datasets named on each row, not a census: small plants below tracker thresholds are missing from the sources and so from here.

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