South Khorasan, Lorestan Bet on Solar Farms

To make optimum use of the open space in holy shrines and associated property in South Khorasan Province, installation of 22 small-scale solar power farms has long been on the agenda and 12 are operational, general director of the provincial Endowments and Charity Affairs Organization said.
The solar farms are spread over cities of the eastern province. “Eight are in Boshrouyeh, four in Birjand, four in Nehbandan, three in Sarbisheh, two in Khusf and one in Ferdows,” Bargh News website quoted Parviz Bakhshipour as saying.
“The capacity of each farm varies between five and 50 kilowatts and total production capacity of 22 plants is 310 kW,” he said, adding that the installations are less than 100 kilometers away from the power transmission lines.
Together the PV installations generate 78,000 kilowatt hours of electricity per month.