Iran Starts Operation of New Solar Power Plants
The operation of 105 MW of large-scale solar power plants and 100 MW of small-scale power plants and the implementation of a project to build 75 MW of solar power plants, including 20 MW of solar power plants in a construction site in Sistan and Balouchestan province, one MW in a construction site in Khorassan Razavi province, and 54 MW of solar power plants in a construction site in Yazd province, with private sector investment, began.
With the operation of these power plants, the installed capacity of renewable power plants in the country will exceed 2,300 MW.
Based on the report, the construction of 100 MW of small-scale solar power plants across the country and the start of the implementation of the 20 MW Cheshmeh Ziarat power plant in Sistan and Balouchestan province, the opening of solar power plants in Fars province with a capacity of 7 MW, and the opening of solar power plants with a capacity of 6 MW in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari province were the plans which started in a ceremony in the presence of Aliabadi.
In relevant remarks in August, Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Mohsen Tarztalab announced that in the first four months of the current Persian calendar year (started on March 21), electricity generation from solar power plants has increased by 71% compared to the same period last year.
“Electricity production from solar power plants has increased by 71% from 357 million kilowatt hours to 610 million kilowatt hours,” Tarztalab said.
He also referred to the generation of electricity by wind power plants, and said, “Electricity production from wind power plants has also increased from 413 million kilowatt hours to 432 million kilowatt hours.”
He stated that the capacity of renewable power plants in Iran has now reached 1,868 megawatts.
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