WANA (Aug 28) – With more than 280 sunny days throughout the year, Iran is considered one of the most potential geographic zones in the world for constructing solar power plants and producing clean energy. Now, the country intends to make a fundamental leap from this potential capacity.
 
Based on the planned arrangements, Iran plans to construct the world’s largest solar power plant with a capacity of 5 gigawatts (5,000 megawatts) in Isfahan province.
 
Currently, the record for the world’s largest single-site solar power plant belongs to China’s “Midong” power plant with a capacity of 3.5 gigawatts. With the fruition of the Isfahan project, Iran can stand at the top of the table of renewable energy owners in the world.
 
Majiid Ansari, Legal Deputy to the President, emphasizing the mandates of the Seventh Development Plan law regarding the compensation of lags in the energy sector, noted: “The main goal setting of the 14th government is the construction and generation of 30,000 megawatts of solar energy in the country.”
 
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This action is not only a step toward joining the green economy, but also plays a key role in resolving the challenge of electricity imbalance.
 
Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi, spokesman for Iran’s electricity industry, announced the country’s annual electricity consumption rate as about 350 billion kilowatt-hours and predicted that this amount would reach 380 billion kilowatt-hours at peak consumption.
 
Referring to the subsidies situation, he says: “Iran is the second country in the world in paying energy subsidies, about one-fourth of which are directly allocated to the electricity sector”; a pattern whose reform and the direction of investments toward clean energy is imperative.
 
Official statistics show the composition and rate of electricity consumption in different sectors of the country as follows:
 
Industrial Sector (36.83%): Holds the largest share of the country’s electricity consumption. Industries such as steel, cement, and petrochemicals need sustainable energy to maintain production cycles. Applying modern technologies like Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG) and developing renewable power plants around industries will double the productivity of this sector.
Technicians install solar panels on a residential rooftop in Tehran, Iran October 11, 2020. Picture taken October 11, 2020. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency)
Residential Sector (32.34%): The second largest electricity-consuming sector, which pushes the grid load to its peak in the summer season with cooling appliances coming online.
 
Agricultural Sector (14.67%): The electricity of this sector is mainly spent on water well pumps and farm equipment. Using solar panels on farms is an effective step toward reducing costs.
 
Commercial and Administrative Sector (7.19%): This sector has the highest consumption pattern during working hours, which will have a more optimal performance if equipped with automation systems.
 
Currently, the country’s electricity generation is heavily dependent on non-renewable sources, such that about 85 to 90 percent of Iran’s electricity is produced by fossil fuel power plants (thermal, gas, and combined cycle). On the other hand, the share of the Bushehr nuclear power plant in supplying the country’s electricity is about 1 to 1.5 percent (equivalent to 1,000 megawatts).
Milad tower and a solar panel, are seen in Tehran, Iran October 13, 2020. Picture taken October 13, 2020. Majid Asgaripour/WANA (West Asia News Agency)
The current share of solar energy and other renewables in the national energy mix accounts for only about 1.5 percent. Haji-Mirzaei, Head of the Presidential Office, explaining the priorities of the Presidential Administration in this area, emphasized: “To compensate for the electricity imbalance, creating 30,000 megawatts of solar energy capacity has been targeted, of which 18,000 megawatts have so far been added to the country’s electricity generation capacity, and an important priority of the government is the complete elimination of these imbalances.”
 
The entry of the 5-gigawatt Isfahan power plant into the grid will inject new power into the national grid and cover a significant portion of the existing gap between generation and consumption.
 
The full implementation of this project, in addition to self-sufficiency in electricity supply, will prevent the annual waste of billions of cubic meters of natural gas and turn Iran into one of the main hubs of renewable energy.
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