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Renewables play key role in solving power shortages: VP
Iranian First Vice President Mohammadreza Aref made the remarks at a session of addressing deficiencies in Iran’s power industry on Monday which discussed the main plans and strategies for the shortages of the industry, according to fvpresident.ir.
The meeting was attended by Minister of Energy Abbas Aliabadi, Head of the Plan and Budget Organization (PBO) Hamid Pourmohammadi, Governor of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) Mohammadreza Farzin, and Spokesperson of the Government Fatemeh Mohajerani as well as officials from related decision-making bodies.
The development plan on renewable energies should be implemented in cooperation with the PBO and the CBI, said Aref who chaired the meeting.
Increase in electricity production should be observable in residential and industry sectors, the vice president stated, calling for raising electricity production with the extensive support of the private sector to minimize outages.
“In this regard, several effective plans have been presented by the PBO and the Ministry of Energy,” he added.
He urged forming a taskforce comprised of officials from the CBI, the PBO and the Energy Ministry to work on methods of financing, calculations of economic indicators, and the details of the plan for the development of renewable power stations to be proposed at the government’s economic headquarters.
Speaking at the meeting, Aliabadi, referred to the technical progress in the construction of power plants and equipment in the power industry and said plans to solve the shortages in the power industry, along with paying more attention to the energy economy, are among the most important short-term and long-term plans of the Ministry of Energy.