Iran is to open a major water storage and transfer project as part of efforts to revive Lake Urmia, a salt lake in northwest of the country which has shrunk in recent years because of excessive use of water from rivers and underground water in surrounding regions.

The Iranian Energy Ministry has issued permits for construction of 4 gigawatts (GW) of new solar power plants in the country. Energy Ministrys renewables department SATBA said on Sunday that building the new power plants will finish within the next two years. SATBA spokesman Jafar Mohammadnejad said the permits were issued after the government ...

The Iranian Energy Ministry aims to install a total of 550,000 rooftop solar units as part of its push to expand the renewablecapacity in the country. Deputy Energy Minister Mahmoud Kamani said on Monday that the government hopes the number of rooftop solar units in the country will increase to over 100,000 in the calendar year to March 2023. Kamani ...