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:FarsNews