Solar power output surges 71% in four months: SATBA
The head of Iran’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (SATBA) announced that in the first four months of the Iranian calendar year (began on March 20, 2025), electricity generation from solar power plants increased by 71 percent compared to the same period last year.
On Saturday, Mohsen Tarztalab said that solar power generation rose from 357 million kilowatt-hours to 610 million kilowatt-hours — marking a 71 percent increase, IRNA reported.
Regarding wind power production, he noted that generation from wind farms also grew, rising from 413 million kilowatt-hours to 432 million kilowatt-hours.
The deputy energy minister stated that the country’s renewable energy capacity has now reached 1,868 megawatts, compared to 1,232 megawatts at the end of the first four months of last year.
“Over the past year alone, 636 megawatts of new renewable capacity have come online, increasing the share of renewables in the national electricity mix to 1.9 percent,” he said.
Speaking about the organization’s ongoing plans, Tarztalab said that in the first phase, the construction of 7,000 megawatts of renewable power plants, mostly solar, has been planned and finalized. SATBA’s full focus, he stressed, “is on achieving this goal and helping reduce the electricity supply-demand imbalance in the country.”
Emphasizing that the share of renewable energy in the national power generation mix will exceed 5 percent by the end of this year, he added that Iran has now become a major hub for renewable energy development, undergoing what he described as a “major revolution” in the sector — the results of which will gradually become evident in the coming weeks.