Private Sector Leads PV Cell, Solar Panel Output in Markazi  

In a push toward achieving carbon neutrality, President Ebrahim Raisi officially inaugurated Iran’s first photovoltaic cell and panel manufacturing company in Khomein County, Markazi Province.
Completed by the private sector, Mana Energy Pak Company, the plant’s first phase was launched on a 5,000-square meter land with a capacity of 500 megawatts of solar panels per year, the Energy Ministry’s news portal reported.
The firm’s annual production capacity of manufacturing multi-crystalline solar cells will triple (1,500 MW) in the second phase. It operates three shifts 24/7 with a total workforce of 100 engineers and operators.
“The company is willing to follow global trends in the solar sector and is in constant contact with pioneering institutes in this regard,” the report said.