Iran solar power

EghtesadOnline: Norway’s Scatec Solar is in talks to build its first solar power plants in Iran, its chief executive told Reuters, joining a wave of foreign energy firms looking to invest in the oil major.

EghtesadOnline: The sun-drenched province of Yazd in central Iran is envisioned to emerge as a hotspot for solar power ventures, a local energy official said. Mohammad Hassan Sabbaghzadegan, managing director of Yazd Regional Electricity Company, said two dozen solar power project are planned to be set up in the desert province, ISNA reported.

EghtesadOnline: Iran has inaugurated a major solar power plant as the country is pressing ahead with an ambitious agenda to use renewable energy resources.

EghtesadOnline: Norway’s Saga Energy signed a €2.5 billion ($2.94 billion) deal in Tehran on Tuesday to build solar power plants in Iran, the company said, just days after US President Donald Trump unveiled a more confrontational policy toward Tehran.

EghtesadOnline: Norway’s Saga Energy signed a €2.5 billion ($2.94 billion) deal in Tehran on Tuesday to build solar power plants in Iran, the company said, just days after US President Donald Trump unveiled a more confrontational policy toward Tehran.

EghtesadOnline: Measures are being taken to generate 7,500 megawatts from solar, wind, geothermal and biomass renewable power plants by 2030 so that Iran can meet its obligations under the Paris Agreement on Climate Change.

EghtesadOnline: Iranian energy minister opened the country’s biggest solar power station in Hamadan province, in the mid-west part of Iran.