BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 17
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
Iran intends to increase its electricity generation potential with the installation of wind turbines, Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Homayoun Haeri said, Trend reports citing Ministry of Energy of Iran.
He made the remark in an event held in connection with the commissioning of 9 electricity facilities in East Azerbaijan Province (northwestern Iran).
The deputy minister stressed the alternative renewable energy power plants currently generate 70-80 megawatt-hours of electricity in Iran's East Azerbaijan Province.
Haeri added that the most volume of this electricity is supplied by wind turbines.
"Iran's East Azerbaijan Province has a great potential to generate electricity through wind turbines and it should be used to the maximum," he noted.
On November 17, nine power facilities, including a 25-megawatt small-scale power plant have been launched in Iran's East Azerbaijan Province. A total of 7.32 trillion rials (about $174 million) was spent on these facilities.
The generation of alternative renewable energy power plants in Iran amounted to 4.17 billion kilowatt-hours during the first six months of the current Iranian year (from March 20 through September 21, 2020).
About 41 percent of Iran's alternative renewable energy power plants are solar panels and 36 percent are wind turbine power plants. The rest belongs to other alternative renewable energy plants.