Solar Power Plants in Iran
Keep up with the latest updates about development of solar power plants in Iran, foreign investments in Iran's renewables sector along with the opportunities and incentives for investments in the expanding sector.
January 24, 2020 18:00
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January 24,2020A new photovoltaic power station in Hamedan Province was synchronized with the national power grid on Thursday. -
January 14,2020Electricity generated in Manjil wind farm in Gilan Province (with an installed capacity of 90 megawatts), surged 80% in 2019 compared to the year before, head of the provincial power company said... -
December 28,2019Iran has enough potential to produce higher amounts of electricity from renewable sources while the current power output from it is less than 1,000 MW, vice president of Iran Electrical Industry... -
December 25,2019Producing clean energy has helped reduce greenhouse gases by as much as 3,000 tons over the past eight months. Renewable energy sources in Iran (solar and wind power plants) generated over 350... -
December 20,2019Renewable energy can lower demand for natural gas by diversifying energy supplies, a consultant to the Energy Ministry’s Niroo Research Institute said. “With more renewables less gas will be... -
December 07,2019A 10 megawatt photovoltaic power plant built by GEP (a South African solar power developer) in the town of Khusf, South Khorasan Province was synchronized with the national power grid on Saturday,... -
December 01,2019According to the sixth Five Year Economic Development Plan (2017-22), renewable energy should comprise 5% of the total power capacity; however, this share is hardly 1% indicating that expansion of... -
November 27,2019A 50 megawatt wind farm in Aqkand City, Mianeh County, East Azarbaijan Province, was launched Wednesday. Aqkand wind farm can generate 175,000 megawatt-hours of electricity a year, enough to meet... -
November 24,2019In line with the expansion of renewable electricity, 20,000 small solar power installations will be set up to supply electricity to 20,000 rural and nomad families. Domestic companies manufacture... -
November 15,2019Construction of a 100-megawatt solar power plant started in Semnan on Wednesday. Built on 15,000 hectares of land by the private sector, the first phase of Shahid Hamid Bakeri photovoltaic station... -
November 11,2019Renewable energy sources in Iran generated over 4.3 billion kilowatt hours of electricity since 2009. -
October 23,2019Projects costing $20 million have been undertaken in Qom Province in the last 12 months, deputy minister of energy said Wednesday. “As the number of industrial towns is on the rise in the province... -
October 22,2019Renewable power capacity is forecast to increase by 50% between 2019 and 2024, the International Energy Agency said Monday. -
October 21,2019Solar power generated by using domestically-made solar panels is purchased at higher prices, spokesman of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (Satba) said. The guaranteed... -
October 16,2019Globally Iran ranks 14th in access to technical and scientific knowledge for generating renewable energy, but has no impressive role when it comes to producing clean energy, head of the 4th Iran... -
October 14,2019A project has been launched to supply power to 25,000 nomad families via portable solar power generators, director of rural electrification affairs at Iran Power Generation, Distribution and... -
October 13,2019The guaranteed purchase price paid by the government for renewable power generated by private companies has, on average, increased by 65%. A new directive to raise tariffs (for the private sector... -
October 12,2019The world is going through tectonic change in the energy sector and the renewables revolution is compelling the energy industry to evolve, managing director of the Oil Industries Engineering and... -
September 29,2019As long as electricity prices (generated with the help of fossil fuels) are not modified, plans to expand renewable energies will not materialize. The government reportedly plans to raise the... -
September 27,2019A delegation from the International Solar Alliance will attend the 4th Iran Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition (Iran REC 2019), due to be held October 14-15 in Tehran, and present proposals... -
September 03,2019Despite the fact that in the past few years almost 50% of foreign direct investment in Iran’s power sector was in green energy, some 200 companies active in the renewable sector are facing... -
August 30,2019The gradual expansion of green energy since 2009 has helped Iran save close to 800 million liters of water in 10 years. Over the last decade close to 3.5 billion kilowatt hours of electricity was... -
August 27,2019Fourteen renewable power stations with the capacity to generate 160 megawatts are ready to be connected to the national grid in seven provinces, head of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency... -
August 12,2019The fifth solar power plant in Isfahan Province, with 1 megawatt capacity has been connected to the national power grid. Located in Shahreza County, the new photovoltaic station is built by a... -
August 10,2019Solar power production in central Yazd Province will reach 100 megawatts by the end of this fiscal year in March, managing director of Yazd Regional Electricity Company said. “There are seven...
