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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10/02/2018Close to 2.57 billion kilowatt hours of electricity was generated from alternative energy sources over nine years curbing both water and fossil fuel consumption. This volume of clean energy was... -
09/29/2018Water and power projects in several towns in Semnan Province were inaugurated by Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian on Thursday. One of the projects was the first solar power plant in the village of... -
09/27/2018In a water-stressed country like Iran generating electricity via thermal power plants which consume massive amounts of water cannot be a viable option anymore. Wetlands are vanishing, aquifers,... -
09/01/2018A 10-megawatt solar power plant was launched in Kharameh County, Fars Province, on Friday by a domestic firm, marking the southern province's first-ever solar venture. The photovoltaic project,... -
08/27/2018Iran’s largest wind farm, with a power generation capacity of 61.2 megawatts, was launched in Siyahpoosh region in Qazvin Province on Monday in a ceremony attended by Energy Minster Reza Ardakanian... -
08/27/2018Around 11,636 tons of solar panels worth more than $71.8 million were imported into Iran during the last Iranian year (March 2017-18), figures released by the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs... -
08/25/2018Iran’s total installed capacity of renewable energy production will surpass 1,000 megawatts, or 1 gigawatt, by the end of the current fiscal (March 2019), said the managing director of Renewable... -
08/21/2018Saving water, creating sustainable jobs, curbing air pollution and minimizing fossil fuel consumption are the most important economic and environmental advantages of harnessing renewable energies... -
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...
