TEHRAN – The head of the Iranian Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (known as Tavanir) said the country is capable of exporting renewable electricity to four neighboring countries, IRNA reported.
According to Mojtaba Rajabi Mashhadi, given the capacity of the province’s electricity grid, private sector power plant owners can export up to 300 megawatts of electricity during eight months of the year, when domestic consumption is not high.
The latest official figures show that Iran’s renewable electricity production reached 1,186 gigawatts in April.
According to figures issued by the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Authority – affiliated with the Ministry of Energy – solar power plants accounted for the lion’s share of the total renewable capacity during the aforementioned period.
Solar power plants accounted for 58 percent of renewable electricity production, followed by wind farms, which represented 31 percent of the total capacity.
Small hydropower and biomass plants were next in line, accounting for 9% and 1% of total renewable capacity respectively in April.
The current Iranian government is working on plans to increase renewable capacity in the country and aims to reach the goal of 10,000 MW.
Currently, more than 100 large-scale renewable energy plants are operating across Iran.
The Iranian Ministry of Energy plans to add 10,000 megawatts to the capacity of the country’s renewable energy plants by the end of the current government’s administration (within the next year and a half).
(Tags for translation)Renewable energy sources in Iran
