INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN-- Iranian eco-friendly power plants generated 9.189 billion kilowatt-hours (Kwh) of electricity during the first 10 months of the
present Iranian fiscal year (March 21, 2022-January 20, 2023), which accounted for five percent of the nations total electrical energy
Electrical energy generation from renewables in the stated 10 months resulted in economizing on the consumption of natural gas by 24 million
cubic meters while saving 20 million liters of water.It also avoided the emission of 50,000 tons of Green House Gases (GHG)
Earlier this month, Head of Irans Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (SATBA) Mahmoud Kamani announced that the capacity of
Irans renewable power plants reached 1,020 megawatts (MW) with the 10-MW Pasargad Solar Farm of Damghan coming into operationMaking the
remarks on the sidelines of inaugurating the pointed out solar farms in Damghan County, in central Semnan province, Kamani stated: This
power plant has an unique function as it can create electricity from the reflection of sunshine
This feature makes its generation efficiency higher, which indicates it will have a 40-percent boost in effectiveness
It is hoped that by establishing other renewable power plants, we will quickly have the ability to carry out the 10,000-MW renewable power
plant program , the head of SATBA stated.Iranian Energy Ministry has actually put it on the agenda to include 10,000 MW to the capability of
the countrys sustainable power plants by the end of the current federal governments administration (August 2025)
Considering the fact that the nations renewable power generation capacity stood at about 800 MW when the present government took office in
August 2021, the pointed out boost in renewable resource capacity would mean a 13-fold rise.Back in January 2022, the Energy Ministry and
some of the countrys private professionals signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) for cooperation in the construction of new renewable
power plants across Iran.Renewables, including hydropower, account for almost 7 percent of the nations total energy generation, versus
natural gas 90 percent share.MA/ MA
