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.
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08/16/2018The Energy Ministry has called on the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization—a state-owned entity also known as Satba—to prepare the ground for private sector investment in and export... -
07/29/2018Power distribution companies guarantee the purchase of renewable electricity as representatives of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization, also known as Satba. Iran Power... -
07/28/2018A 10-megawatt solar power plant was inaugurated in the city of Mehriz in Yazd Province in a ceremony attended by Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian. According to Ardakanian, the photovoltaic plant,... -
07/26/2018Iran's Qom Province’s Governorate has signed a memorandum of understanding with an unnamed Chinese company on building solar power plants with a combined production capacity of 30 megawatts, the... -
07/24/2018Private investments in the renewable sector are projected to reach 200 trillion rials ($4.7 billion) by the end of next fiscal year (March 20, 2020), the head of Renewable Energy and Energy... -
07/10/2018Iran has signed a memorandum of understanding with Italian and Chinese investors on building solar power plants with a combined capacity of 100 megawatts in the central province of Yazd. The... -
07/07/2018Private companies invested 100 trillion rials ($2.38 billion) in the renewable power industry over the past two years, said the head of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization, also... -
06/30/2018Close to 2.1 billion kilowatt hours of electricity have been generated from renewable sources since June 2009. According to ILNA, the generated power has helped the country save 474 million liters... -
06/21/2018The state-run Renewable Energy Organization of Iran, aka SUNA, settled roughly $23.6 million of unpaid dues for purchasing electricity from renewable power stations, the head of the organization... -
06/09/2018Iran has produced 2.72 billion kilowatts-hour from renewables in the past nine years, in its stable and steady bid to shift focus from fossil fuels to greener energies. According to data released... -
05/26/2018The central Yazd Province’s solar power production capacity financed by foreign investors is expected to reach 70 megawatts by the end of the current fiscal year (March 20, 2019), managing director... -
05/20/2018In line with efforts to use the country's maximum potential in harnessing renewables, 55 zones have been identified in the northern Mazandaran Province for developing solar power plants, a senior... -
05/16/2018Operations to build a 7-megawatt floating solar farm in the southeastern city of Zehak, Sistan-Baluchestan Province, started on Monday. Mandana Zanganeh, the head of the provincial department for... -
04/12/2018The construction operation of Iran’s first floating solar farm in Shahid Mohammad Montazeri Power Plant in Isfahan Province started on Tuesday. The 1 megawatt floating photovoltaic farm is due to... -
04/07/2018The Renewable Energy Organization of Iran (aka Satba) has reached an agreement with Tehran's power supply companies to assure individuals and the private sector of purchasing their solar... -
03/07/2018Iranian government plans to prepare incentives and the ground to shore up solar energy generation from photovoltaic power stations to solar panels on rooftops to accelerate the shift from fossil... -
03/04/2018Italy’s Carlo Maresca on Saturday signed a $100-million contract with the Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran to construct a solar power plant near Garmsar Special Economic... -
02/26/2018Post Bank of Iran has signed a trilateral memorandum of understanding with domestic companies on development of power plants. The agreement was signed with Solar Power Plant Project Management... -
02/05/2018Foreign investors have finalized $12.3 billion worth of contracts in Iran’s power sector, the... -
01/22/2018The private sector has struck deals worth $12.35 billion in nearly four years... -
01/02/2018In line with policies to boost renewable energy capacity, German investors have built four... -
12/08/2017A Bulgarian renewable power developer has signed an MoU to expand solar photovoltaic infrastructure in Jahrom -
12/05/2017A consortium of Chinese and Hong Kong companies has signed an agreement with... -
11/10/2017The Iranian government has commissioned the construction of €6.3 billion ($7.3 billion) ... -
10/31/2017The first hybrid solar and wind power system in the northern Mazandaran Province was...
