Knowledge-Based Firm to Construct Iran’s Largest Solar Power Plant
Majid Naderinejad, the managing director of Masha’al Pouya company, announces construction of a 1,000-megawatt solar power plant as the largest set of solar power plants constructed by private companies in Iran, and said, “So far, a total of 500 megawatts of electricity have been produced by solar power plants in the country, but we have been entrusted with building a 1,000-megawatt power plant and we hope that within a year it will be connected to the power grid.”
Also, Alireza Barani, the research and development manager of Masha’al Pouya company, announced the establishment of a solar reference laboratory in the company, and said, “This laboratory, which will operate to issue certificate tests for power plant equipment, is unique in the Middle-East, and we hope that we will no longer need foreign standards.”
Construction of the best and most specialized oil and energy technology campus in Isfahan and making specialized and sensitive products in the country's petro-refining industry are among other activities of the knowledge-based company since its establishment a year ago.
Earlier this year, Head of Iran's National Invention and Innovation Team had also announced that his department was resolved to install solar panels on the roof of buses in Isfahan city to generate clean energy within the framework of a pilot plan.
"Installing solar panels on the roof of buses is aimed at charging mobile phones or running cooling and heating systems of buses. The generated energy can also be used in running digital currency and meantime can reduce use of fossil fuels," Amir Abbas Mohammadi Koushki said.
"The whole or a main part of a solar bus or a solar charging bus can be supplied by the solar panels installed on its roof. This new model of civil transportation which is called "solar bus services" is planned to use solar energy not only for generating power for buses' electrical equipment, but also for running the vehicle itself," Koushki went on to say.
He added that according to international standards, in order to achieve clean transportation, non-polluting sources must be found to generate electricity to overcome air pollution that all countries face.
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