Ambitious Agro Well Electrification Project Gets Off the Ground

The first phase of a project to electrify 60,000 agricultural wells with renewable energy has got off the ground, director for rural electrification at Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) said. 
“This phase entails the electrification of 11,000 agricultural wells with solar energy by the yearend in cooperation with the private sector,” Ali Chehel-Amirani was also quoted as saying by ISNA.
As per the agreement signed between Tavanir and Iran Fuel Conservation Company, solar panels with a total electricity generation capacity of 3,000 megawatts are ready to be installed on agro wells whose electric motors run on diesel.
“Replacing diesel engines with solar-powered electric pumps can help save 660 million liters of fuel per annum that can be exported,” he said.