Renewable power capacity exceeds 1,100 MW
The power generation capacity of Iran’s renewable power plants has increased to 1,101 megawatts, according to a report by IRNA.
Developing the capacity of renewable power plants is one of the plans of the incumbent government, based on which, the Ministry of Energy has proposed the construction of renewable power plants, one of which is the construction of a station with 10,000 megawatts of capacity, the report added.
According to the program, 4,000 MW of solar power plants, 3,000 MW of wind power plants will be built by industries.
In recent days, the construction of 30,000 MW of renewable power plants in five years was approved in the meeting of the Iranian Supreme Council of Energy.
For this purpose, the biggest financing of renewable power plants was done through the National Development Fund of Iran, with the aim of developing investing in mega projects in the field of renewable energy.
Accordingly, the National Development Fund of Iran allocated $5 billion for the construction of renewable power plants.
Currently, around 30 percent of the energy produced in the world is provided by renewable methods, while in Iran, the share of renewable and clean energy production in the country’s total electricity production has been 0.6 percent since the beginning of the year.
A researcher of a new technology-based firm said, “Today, more than 10,000 megawatts of renewable power plants have been installed in Turkey, while in Iran, the total of renewable and wind resources is nearly 900 megawatts. Less than one percent of the country’s electricity is supplied from renewable sources, while it is 15 percent in Turkey.
Mohammadreza Navazani noted, “Due to the fact that the price of energy carriers is low, renewable energy, including solar energy, are ignored in Iran. On the other hand, fossil resources are provided to power plants for free to produce electricity. If fossil resources are fed into refineries and petrochemicals, it will be possible to earn foreign exchange for the country, but we just burn it and generate electricity from it.”