Renewable power capacity to surge to 11,000 MW by summer 2026: Minister
Iran plans to raise its installed renewable energy capacity to 7,000 megawatts per day by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2026) and further to 11,000 MW per day by next summer, Energy Minister Abbas Aliabadi said on Tuesday.
According to the latest data by Iran’s Renewable Energy and Electricity Efficiency Organization (SATBA), some 2,555 MW of clean energy is produced daily, account for only 2.7% of Iran’s total electricity generation capacity of around 95,000 MW.
President Masoud Pezeshkian’s government has set a goal of installing 30,000 MW of renewables in the next three years to help ease daily power shortage which was around 12,000 MW last summer.
The mismatch between production and consumption forced the government to cut power to households nationwide.
Aliabadi said the power outages depended on consumption levels.
“If people continue to cooperate with the power industry as they have in the past, we will not experience blackouts,” he said.
Aliabadi said the situation in the electricity sector was improving. “This winter our situation will be much better. Things are going well in the power industry, and with continued effort and public cooperation, we hope to achieve tangible results,” he noted.
The minister added that various projects were underway in both power generation and consumption management.
“We are working to establish sound governance in the water and electricity sectors,” he said, adding that the government had set ambitious targets despite existing challenges.
He also expressed hope that the ministry would build 3,000 megawatts of storage capacity this year.