Rural Regions to Get 550K Small Solar Generators in Five Years

Five government departments have signed a memorandum of understanding on Monday to build 550,000 small-scale solar generators in rural and across Iran within five years.
According to the plan, each solar station will have the power production capacity of 5 kilowatts and the government guarantees to buy the electricity generated in the solar farms at a fixed price of 22,000 rials ($0.07) per kilowatt hour, the Energy Ministry’s news portal Paven reported.
The scheme will help empower low-income households in poor regions, especially those dependent on government benefits.
The five government departments contributing to the scheme are the Energy Ministry, presidential deputy on rural development, State Welfare Organization, Imam Khomeini Relief Committee and Basij Sazandegi.