Solar Power Plants in Iran

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. 

  • New Incentives for Using Domestic Solar Panels
    Solar 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...
  • Renewable Energy Development Unsatisfactory
    Globally 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...
  • Solar Power for Iranian Nomads
    A 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...
  • Big Increase in Renewable Power Purchase Prices
    The 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...
  • Iran: Catching Up With Global Energy Transition
    The 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...
  • Bleak Prospects for Renewables in Iran
    As 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...
  • India-Based ISA to Help Develop Solar Industry
    A 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...
  • Unfair Tariffs Pushing Green Sector Over the Edge
    Despite 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...
  • Iran: Renewables Help Save 800m Liters of Water in Ten Years
    The 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...
  • New Renewable Power Plants to Add 160MW to Iran National Grid
    Fourteen 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...
  • Small Solar Power Plants Open in Isfahan, Alborz
    The 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...
  • Yazd Playing Leading Role in Solar Power Output
    Solar 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...
  • Remote Regions in Lorestan Benefit From Green Energy
    Electricity demand in 12 remote towns in Khorramabad and Aligudarz counties in Lorestan Province is being met fully with the help of small-scale photovoltaic (PV) power stations, head of provincial...
  • PV Station for Khorasan Razavi Province
    A 5 megawatt photovoltaic power station was connected to the national power grid in Khorasan Razavi Province. Built over 11 hectares in the deprived border town Khaf, it is the 11th solar farm in...
  • A Long Way Ahead
    The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization—a subsidiary of the Energy Ministry also known as Satba—was founded to help promote green energy but has failed in its mission, said an...
  • Another Solar Power Plant Operational in Kerman
    A new 10-megawatt solar power plant in Baft County, Kerman Province, has now been connected to the national electricity grid. Established over 20 hectares of land in Baft, which has one of the...
  • Zanjan Solar Power Plant Hooked to National Grid
    The 7-megawatt solar power plant in Abhar City, Zanjan Province, has been connected to the national power grid.  
  • Iran Encouraging Renewables Export
    The Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (Satba), affiliated to the Energy Ministry, has taken measures to encourage investors to export renewable energy, the head of the...
  • Renewables Viable in Summer
    When thermal and combined-cycle power plants cannot meet the high electricity demand during the peak hours of summer when the temperature and consumption both shoot up, renewables can help generate...
  • Renewables Helping Cut Carbon Emissions in Iran
    The gradual expansion of renewable energy since 2009 has allowed Iran to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 2.24 million tons. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is among the major...
  • 11m People Work for Global Renewable Sector
    An estimated 11 million people were employed in renewable energy worldwide in 2018, according to the latest analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).  
  • Renewable Progress Slow in Iran
    Iran has taken baby steps in expanding renewable energy and its development requires changing the economic policies and creating a lively market so that it can compete with polluting fossil fuels,...
  • Iran's Solar Power Expansion in Kerman
    A new solar power station in the southeastern Kerman Province has been connected to the national power grid. Built over two hectares in Qaleh Ganj County, it is the eighth solar farm in the desert...
  • Iran Gov’t Pushing Clean Energy Agenda
    The government is preparing a plan of action based on which solar power generated by private companies and households will be sold without state interference, a deputy energy minister said Tuesday...
  • Green Power Supply to 650 Ardabil Households
    A 1000-kilowatt solar power plant became operational in the northwestern Ardabil Province on Thursday, the head of provincial regional electricity company said.  

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