Private Sector Helps Expand Yazd Solar Energy Generation

A new 10-megawatt solar farm came on stream on Wednesday in Kushk Rural District in Khatam County of Yazd Province, managing director of Yazd Regional Electricity Company said.
“As an undertaking of the private sector [Ghadir Energy Investment Company], the project was completed in seven months at an estimated cost of $5 million,” Abolfazl Asadi was also quoted as saying by the Energy Ministry’s news portal.
Spanning 20 hectares, it is designed to generate 20 million kilowatt hours of electricity per annum, he added.