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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December 30,2018Close to 2.67 billion kilowatt hours of electricity was generated from alternative energy sources over nine years, reducing water and fossil fuel consumption. This volume of clean energy was... -
December 26,2018Experts say expanding the renewable energy sector in water-stressed regions is one viable alternative for farmers who have very little water and suffer due to crop losses and failures in recent...
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December 17,2018The cost of producing renewable energy in Iran, similar to many other parts in the world, has declined 2.5 times in two years, deputy energy minister, Seyed Muhammad Sadeqzadeh, said Sunday....
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December 03,2018Construction of a 100 kilowatt solar power plant has started in Qom Province, managing director of Qom Water and Wastewater Company said. “Built on a 1,500-square meter land, the project will...
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December 02,2018An estimated 2.6 billion kilowatt hours of electricity has been produced from renewable sources since March 2009. According to Paven, the Energy Ministry's news portal, the output helped save 575...
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November 12,2018Renewable energy capacity will increase by 3,000 megawatts up until 2021, the energy minister said in a meeting with a visiting German economic delegation. Reza Ardakanian met Sunday with Sigmar...
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November 09,2018Close to 85% of equipment used in Iran solar power plants has been indigenized and renewable stations continue to function normally despite the new US sanctions, a deputy energy minister said...
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October 26,2018A 100-kilowatt solar power plant opened in the city of Anar in southern Kerman Province. Built over an area of 4,000 square meters, the project was completed in six months and will be synchronized...
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October 20,2018Work is in progress to develop new phases in combined-cycle power plants as part of the blueprint to meet the country's growing electricity demand. "Projects that will come on stream by June are...
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October 01,2018Close 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...
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September 28,2018Water 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...
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September 26,2018In 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,...
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August 31,2018A 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,...
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August 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...
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August 26,2018Around 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...
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August 24,2018Iran’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...
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August 20,2018Saving water, creating sustainable jobs, curbing air pollution and minimizing fossil fuel consumption are the most important economic and environmental advantages of harnessing renewable energies...
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August 15,2018The 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...
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July 28,2018Power distribution companies guarantee the purchase of renewable electricity as representatives of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization, also known as Satba. Iran Power...
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July 27,2018A 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,...
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July 25,2018Iran'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...
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July 23,2018Private 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...
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July 09,2018Iran 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...
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July 06,2018Private 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...
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June 29,2018Close 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...
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