Piran Dam

Piran Dam is a stone and concrete hydroelectric dam on the Piran stream located about 6.2 km east of Piran in Sarpol-e Zahab County, Kermanshah Province, Iran. The project started in 1989 with the preliminary studies. All studies were carried out by 2000. The main contractor was selected in 2007. Construction of the dam started in 2008 and the dam was inaugurated on 24 November 2011. It cost more than US$15 million.

The dam is 7.5 m high and 25 m long. It creates a reservoir with capacity of 15000 m3 and surface of 10000 m2. The projects includes a 212 m transfer channel, 1572 m of siphon pipes, and 800 m outlet channel.

The power plant has installed capacity of 8.4 MW. It has two Pelton turbines manufactured by Ghet Hydro Energy and two generators manufactured by WEG.