Deputy Energy Minister: Iran to Set Up 3,000 Solar Energy Power Plants in Rural Areas
Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Seyed Mohammad Sadeqzadeh announced on Tuesday the country's plans to install thousands of small solar power plants in areas which suffer drought.
Installation of 3,000 solar power plants will help the country meet its needs to electricity and will provide 3,000 families with revenues, Sadeqzadeh said, addressing a forum in Tehran on Tuesday.
He added that installation of the small solar power plants has started since two years ago, noting, "2,400 of them have so far been set up in the villages which are facing shortage of water and they are generating power."
Sadeqzadeh said that the small solar power plants in addition to the ones installed earlier will materialize the goal to generate 5,400 MW of electricity from solar power.
Sadeqzadeh had announced in October that the government was open to foreign investors wishing to invest in the production of renewable energies in the Middle Eastern country.
He added that that Iranian energy ministry was ready to attract foreign investors in the country’s renewable sector, noting that the government welcomes foreign investments in the renewable ventures in a bid to increase the clean energy’s share in the country’s energy mix as well as exporting the renewables output.
The scheme could also help to harness renewable energies, including geothermal, solar and wind power for domestic use.
source: FARS News Agency
Top News
Glencore in talks to sell Philippine copper smelting unit
Rasul Khalife Soltani, Secretary of the Iranian Steel Producers Association on the sidelines of the 1403 Steel Symposium:
Mobarakeh steel is producing green steel through scrap recycling
India’s record gold import said to be due to calculation error
Volkswagen buys 9.9% of Patriot Battery Metals for $48 million
Sibanye raises $500m via metals streaming deal with Franco-Nevada
Norge Mining acquires Europe’s largest natural graphite producer
Mercuria partners with Zambia on metals trading venture
Aluminum price falls to one-month low in wider commodity slump
Skeena advances Eskay Creek permitting, unlocks Orion funding
Tiny but vital metal markets rush to adjust to Chinese clampdown
Petra Diamonds cuts forecasts, jobs amid market weakness
El Salvador president proposes bill to overturn metals mining ban
China’s 2025 steel demand to fall 1.5% on year, state research institute says
Lure of Anglo’s copper mines could test BHP’s spending resolve
Copper giant Peru foresees another production plateau in 2025
Iron ore price weakens as Australia flags return to sub-$100 prices
Nickel price hits 4-year low as gloom offsets potential Indonesia cuts
Mercuria partners with Zambia on metals trading venture
Sibanye raises $500m via metals streaming deal with Franco-Nevada
Tiny but vital metal markets rush to adjust to Chinese clampdown
Petra Diamonds cuts forecasts, jobs amid market weakness
El Salvador president proposes bill to overturn metals mining ban
China’s 2025 steel demand to fall 1.5% on year, state research institute says
Lure of Anglo’s copper mines could test BHP’s spending resolve
Iron ore price weakens as Australia flags return to sub-$100 prices
Nickel price hits 4-year low as gloom offsets potential Indonesia cuts
Sibanye raises $500m via metals streaming deal with Franco-Nevada
Triple Flag to acquire royalty on Tres Quebradas lithium project