Renewable Energies Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/renewable-energies/ Mon, 24 Aug 2020 06:40:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.4 https://irannewsdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/cropped-iranlogo-32x32.png Renewable Energies Archives - Iran News Daily https://irannewsdaily.com/tag/renewable-energies/ 32 32 Biogas Plant to Supply Power for Iran https://irannewsdaily.com/2020/08/biogas-plant-to-supply-power-for-iran/ https://irannewsdaily.com/2020/08/biogas-plant-to-supply-power-for-iran/#respond Mon, 24 Aug 2020 06:40:42 +0000 https://irannewsdaily.com/?p=116239 TEHRAN (Iran News) – Two departments of the Iranian Energy Ministry signed a contract for the guaranteed purchase of power from the country’s largest biogas plant located in the capital Tehran. A report by IRNA said the 15-year contract was signed between Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency […]

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]]> TEHRAN (Iran News) – Two departments of the Iranian Energy Ministry signed a contract for the guaranteed purchase of power from the country’s largest biogas plant located in the capital Tehran.

A report by IRNA said the 15-year contract was signed between Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company and the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization, known by the local acronym SATBA, according to Press TV.

Under the contract, during the 15-year period ending 2034, SATBA guarantees to buy 500 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity from the biogas plant located at Tehran’s southern wastewater treatment facility at a minimum price of 10,500 Iranian rials ($0.48) per each kilowatt.

The biogas plant, one of the largest of its kind in the world, is nominally capable of producing 44 gigawatts (GW) of electricity and 140 terajoules (TJ) of heat energy per year, according to an Energy Ministry official.

Abbasali Mesrzadeh said the plant is capable of supplying the electricity need of a city with a population of 60,000, adding that a thermal power plant would normally need around 100,000 barrels of oil, or 400,000 cubic meters of gas, per year to generate the same amount of power.

Iran relies on natural gas and petroleum-based fuels for much of the energy it needs to run its massive thermal power plants.

Recently, however, the government has increased its reliance on natural gas for the same purpose to be able to raise the country’s exports of petroleum-based fuels.

Iran has implemented various schemes to increase the renewable resources’ share in the country’s total power generation.

Iran’s renewable power plants use wind, solar and biomass energies as well as other forms for power generation.

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TEHRAN – Deputy Energy Minister on Renewable Energies Affairs says the U.S. sanctions have currently affected the economic, banking and forex sectors of the country as the country‘s medicine is under sanctions and it means renewable energies are also under sanctions.

Speaking in a press conference yesterday, Mohammad Satkin said leading countries first focus on productivity then they turn to electricity production and the ministry in the first step has focused on productivity then on renewables, reiterating that the ministry will use all existing potentials in this regard especially in utilizing wind.

He added that the ministry is doing its best that the country would become the hub in the region for rush of investors and those who want take advantage of Iran’s experience in renewables.

Satkin added that in the eastern part, the country has the biggest windy fields with capacity over 40mw. So the ministry is doing its best with full support of the private sector in equipping and investing in this field to carry out new policies.

He noted that in the past 12 years, wind potentials of the country have been under study, noting that country has three special channels in the east as one of them is north of Zabol which is very valuable in terms of energy and it has capability for construction of 2 to 3mw power station.

Satkin further said Khaf channel is the other one which has one of the most unique winds in the world and it can be developed for over 1000mw station. The windy region of Doroud is the third channel where the 50mw project has been kicked off there and it has capability for construction of some thousand-megawatt wind power station.

He added that Iran has prepared one of the most precise maps and it has even identified the border regions like with Afghanistan and perhaps in the future, Iran and Afghanistan may launch a joint project as Iran has enough expertise to offer its neighboring countries.

On signing agreement with foreign companies, Satkin said the ministry pays the sum of all contracts with domestic companies is paid in national currency rial as it is unable to pay in dollar or other currencies but Iranian companies may enjoy having foreign backings and the ministry tries to attract foreign capital.

He also pointed to exports of renewables, adding that the government has authorized export of renewable energy but it needs proper planning to be assured of electricity production in order to export it to the neighboring states whenever they need.

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