BAKU, Azerbaijan, May 20. Iran's renewable energy potential will increase to 10,000 megawatts by the end of the current Iranian year (from March 21, 2025, through March 20, 2026), Deputy Minister of Energy and Chairman of Iran's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization Mohsen Tarztalab told reporters, Trend reports.
He said that currently, the country's renewable energy potential is 1,700 megawatts (MW).
Tarztalab pointed out that the mentioned electricity production potential is planned to be increased to 5,000 MW by the end of summer (September 22, 2025) and to 7,000 MW by the end of autumn (December 21, 2025).
The deputy minister added that the current Iranian government (Iran's current government has been in power since August 2024) intends to boost the country's electricity generation potential from renewable energies to 30,000 MW within four years, of which 25,000 MW will be provided by solar panels.
"The country needs to spend $350 million to build a 1,000 MW solar panel power plant. However, about $700 million will be spent to build a 1,000-gigawatt combined cycle power plant. At the same time, solar panel power plants have the advantage of not consuming gas and not polluting the environment," he added.
To note, Iran's electricity generation potential was 93,455 MW. The production potential of the local thermal power plants was 76,257 MW, hydropower plants - 12,144 MW, retail power plants - 2,485 MW, renewable power plants - 1,450 MW, the Bushehr nuclear power plant - 1,020 MW, and diesel units -408 MW.
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