TEHRAN - An 1800MW solar panel production line is going to be inaugurated in Iran in the near future, an energy expert told IRNA on Saturday.

According to Sima Ghafari, the operation of the mentioned factory will increase Iran’s solar panel production capacity to 2,300 MW per year.

The official noted that using the mentioned capacity, it will be possible to establish solar farms on 23,000 hectares of land every year.

She put the value of the solar panels that will be produced in a year inside the country at $1.3 billion.

“Iranian solar panels are produced with the highest quality and efficiency,” she stressed.

Iranian Energy Ministry has put it on the agenda to add 10,000 MW to the capacity of the country’s renewable power plants by the end of the current government administration (August 2025).

Considering the fact that the country’s renewable power generation capacity stood at about 8,00 MW when the current government took office in August 2021, the mentioned increase in renewable energy capacity would mean a 13-fold rise.

Back in January 2022, the Energy Ministry and some of the country’s private contractors signed memorandums of understanding (MOU) for cooperation in the construction of new renewable power plants across Iran.

Renewables, including hydropower, account for nearly seven percent of the country’s total energy generation, versus natural gas’ 90 percent share.

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