Researchers in Iran Produce One-Megawatt Solar Inverters
“Since the very beginning, we were looking for high-capacity inverters, 50 kilowatts and above, and megawatt-scale production for the country's huge power plants, and therefore, inverters with a production capacity of one megawatt were produced,” Roshan told ANA.
“Before the production of inverters with a capacity of 1 megawatt, 250-KW inverters had been indigenized by the experts of our Center,” he added.
Roshan explained that an inverter in a power plant receives solar energy by the panel, stores it and then converts it into electricity that can be used in the power grid.
He also underlined the need for introduction of one-megawatt solar inverters to the domestic market.
The head of Iran’s specialized training group of renewable energies and electricity efficiency (Satba) announced in January that potentials exist in the country to supply materials needed for production of solar panels.
“Due to the existence of mines with a total capacity of 80 million tons of silicon materials across the country, Iran can become one of the key players in production of the main sources for making solar panels,” said Behrouz Dashti.
“Of course, in addition to silicon mines to build solar power plants, other main and important equipment like solar inverters, structures, cables, etc. are also needed and we need a lot of infrastructure that should be created and developed in the country over time,” he added.
Dashti also announced compilation of the document of the national technology development program for the value chain of silicon-based solar power generation systems to determine the tasks of different institutions to produce 8,000 megawatts of solar power in the next five years.
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