Tehran’s 1st Floating Solar sFarm Becomes Operational

The first floating solar farm in Tehran became operational in the South Wastewater Treatment Plant, the head of project control office in the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Company (Satba), a subsidiary of the Energy Ministry, said.
“The 1 megawatt floating photovoltaic farm built on wastewater canals has more than 1,200 domestically-made panels and can help avoid water evaporation,” Ali Shabnavard was also quoted as saying by IRNA.
Costing about $2 million, the small-scale solar farm is expected to generate 1.7 million kilowatt hours of power per annum, he added.
According to the official, the solar farm will help reduce the emission of 1,200 tons of greenhouse gases, 1,000 tons of air pollutants like carbon monoxide and save 374,000 liters of water and 483,000 cubic meters of fossil fuel.