Iran to introduce rooftop solar for heavy consumers of electricity: Energy Ministry
Iran’s Ministry of Energy says capacity for using solar energy will increase in the country through a plan to encourage heavy consumers…
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Iran’s renewable energy capacity reaches 825 MW
MNA – The capacity of Iran’s renewable power production has reached 825 megawatts, according to the data by Renewable Energy and Energy…
Iran dominates Mideast’s renewable power capacity: Agency
Press TV – Iran dominated the Middle East’s renewable production capacity which rose 13 percent to 22,710 megawatts (MW) last year, the…
Renewable sector facing risks from unforeseen quarters
Financial Tribune – The International Energy Agency has predicted that the world will add 1,200 gigawatts of renewable energy by 2024, a…
Iran: Renewable energy is the solution
Financial Tribune – Gas-powered power plants generate over 80% of Iran’s electricity and if there are problems with natural gas supplies to…
Renewables can help curb gas consumption in Iran
Financial Tribune – Renewable energy can lower demand for natural gas by diversifying energy supplies, a consultant to the Energy Ministry’s Niroo…
Gov’t proposes renewable energy for crypto mining
Financial Tribune – Ministry of Energy has recently called authorized crypto miners to set up their own renewable energy at farm levels,…
Green energy helping cut gas consumption, greenhouse gases
Financial Tribune – Renewable energy sources in Iran generated over 4.3 billion kilowatt hours of electricity since 2009. If the same amount…
Iran announces big increase in renewable power purchase prices
Financial Tribune – The guaranteed purchase price paid by the government for renewable power generated by private companies has, on average, increased…
Iran: Renewables help save 800m liters of water in ten years
Financial Tribune – The gradual expansion of green energy since 2009 has helped Iran save close to 800 million liters of water…
Iran: Renewables viable in summer
Financial Tribune – When thermal and combined-cycle power plants cannot meet the high electricity demand during the peak hours of summer when…
Renewables helping cut carbon emissions in Iran
Financial Tribune – The gradual expansion of renewable energy since 2009 has allowed Iran to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by as much…
Renewable progress slow in Iran
Financial Tribune – Iran has taken baby steps in expanding renewable energy and its development requires changing the economic policies and creating…
‘Over 3,200 rooftop PV stations operational across Iran’
Tehran Times – Currently over 3,200 rooftop photovoltaic power stations (known as PV systems) are operational across Iran, the portal of Iranian…
Iran’s renewable power generating capacity hits 700MW
Tehran Times – The capacity of generating electricity from renewable resources has reached 700 megawatts (MW) in Iran, IRNA reported on Tuesday…
Iran produces over 3b kw of power during past decade
IRNA – Iran produced more than three billion kilowatts of power from renewable energy sources over past 10 years as the country…
Deputy energy minister: Renewable energy equipment are indigenous
IRNA – Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Sadeqzadeh said on Thursday that approximately all the equipment for generating renewable energy are produced inside…
Iran’s renewable capacity hits 670MW
MNA – Iran’s capacity of installed renewables has reached 670 megawatts, with 445 megawatts of renewable power plants still under construction, according…
Iran’s renewable energy industry growing rapidly: Official
Tasnim – An Iranian energy official highlighted a rapid growth in the number of renewable energy plants across the country, saying more…
Iran invites Germans to work in renewable energy industry
Tasnim – Iran’s Energy Minister Reza Ardekanian unveiled plans for a major boost to the country’s power generating capacity from renewable energy,…
New 500-megawatt renewable power plant entering circuit by next year
IRNA – Iran’s Minister of Energy said 500 MW new renewable power plant will be operational by summer 2019, thus it is…
Renewable energy capacity set to exceed 1 gigawatt
Financial Tribune – Iran’s total installed capacity of renewable energy production will surpass 1,000 megawatts, or 1 gigawatt, by the end of…
Iran absorbs $2.5bn in renewable energy sector in 5 years
MNA – 2.5 billion dollars’ worth of investment has been absorbed for implementation of renewable energy projects since August 2013. In the…
Official: $1.5bn foreign investment in renewable energy power plant
IRNA – Head of Renewable Energy and Power Utility Organization (SATBA) Mohammad Sadeqzadeh said on Sunday that 1.5 billion dollars of foreign…
Europeans keen on investing in Iran’s renewable energy sector
October 24, The Iran Project – Just days after U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a more confrontational policy toward Teheran, European companies…
European firms pour money into Iranian renewable energy projects
Forbes | Dominic Dudley : When it comes to energy sources the Middle East may be synonymous with oil, but these days governments…
Iran’s renewable energy sector is a $60bn bonanza
Iran expects its installed renewable power capacity barring hydropower to surpass 700 megawatts at the end of the current Persian year in…
Foreign investors offer $3.6B to develop Iran renewables
Oil Price – Foreign investors have filed proposals for a combined US$3.6 billion to develop renewable energy projects in oil and gas…
Iranian gov’t outlines clean energy initiatives
Financial Tribune – The government has developed several renewable power projects as well as 12 initiatives to produce electricity from fuel cells…
Iran’s capacity to produce renewable energy to reach 7,500MW in coming years
Tasnim – Iranian Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian said the country’s capacity to produce electricity from renewable energy resources would hit 7,500 megawatts…
Extention of key incentive scheme boosts Iran’s renewable energy market
Bourse and Bazaar | Hamid Soorghali: Since the lifting of sanctions, Iran’s renewable market has emerged as an exciting destination for international…
Iran, Italy cooperate in energy sector
February 26, The Iran Project – Iran has agreed to develop a joint MoU with Italy on how to cooperate in the…
Iran aiming for a renewable-supplied future
Tehran Times- Supplying five percent of the country’s electricity need from renewable energies is a priority for Iran’s energy industry, IRNA quoted…
Iran eyes renewables expansion
Wind Power| David Weston: However, almost a year and a half later, there has been little progress in deployment and companies are…
70 European and Asian firms to attend Iran’s renewable energies conference
IFP- According to a report by IFP, the International Renewable Energies Conference will be held on December 6-8 with the support of…
Iran to experience rapid growth in renewable sector
Rrenewable Energy Focus– Iran plans to produce 5GW of renewable energy by 2020, as the country welcomes international investment for the first…
Iran working on laws to spur renewable energy investments
Bloomberg|Ladane Nasseri: Iran is working on regulations to attract investment in renewable energy, according to Elham Aminzadeh, adviser to President Hassan Rouhani,…
Iran denies it made power plant deal with MECI for 370 megawatts
Iran’s top renewable-energy authority denied that it’s signed any agreement covering electricity generation projects with a Swiss developer that has said it…
Iran to add 100MW renewable energy plants by Mar. 2017
TEHRAN- Mohammad Sadeqzadeh, the managing director of Renewable Energy Organization of Iran, Known as SUNA, announced that the Islamic Republic will add…
Iran plans first tender to draw $12 billion green investment
To auction 1 gigawatt of wind and up to 3 gigawatts of solar Ministry considers adding solar to energy swaps system Iran…