50% of Iran’s electricity is solar

According to Energy Press report, last year the world’s power plants invested 83% in the field of renewables, while in the last 10 to 15 years, 80% of production was in fossil fuel power plants, so it can be seen that renewable power plants, which are currently the cheapest They have electricity generation, they are developing at a high speed.

The development of large power plants has happened all over the world, including the 2,700 MW power plant in India and the 2,000 MW power plant in Abu Dhabi, so renewable power plants must be developed. It is also necessary to establish the stability of the electricity network in the country with the help of large power plants, as Mahmoud Kamani – the Deputy Minister of Energy stated that the prices of renewable energy production are decreasing sharply. Until now, the cost of installing each kilowatt of renewable energy was $4,000, which has now reached $500, and the price of equipment for the construction of these power plants is decreasing.

Referring to the types of investment models in the field of renewable energy in the country, he said: using the capacities of Article 12 of the law on removing barriers to production is one of the cases of helping investors to produce renewable energy, which can be found in the tender held to invest in the construction and operation of 4500 megawatts by Satba pointed out. Also, with the launch of the renewable green switchboard, which happened for the first time in the West Asia region, another step in the direction of the development of renewables has been taken by Satba.

The total capacity being planned for the development of renewable power plants is 30,000 megawatts, about 11,600 megawatts of renewable power plants are under construction with specific facilities, which are scheduled to be completed within two years. Large companies and industries have applied for permits to build renewable power plants, among them Mobarakeh steel with 600 megawatts investment and copper industries with 1000 megawatts investment in order to solve a huge part of the electricity imbalance and produce clean electricity.

The determination of the 13th government is that the total renewable energy planning capacity from 1994 to 2021 is equal to 858.5 megawatts, and since the beginning of the 13th government, 225 megawatts have been added to this capacity, 79% of the total renewable energy planning capacity was before the 13th government. and it has increased by 21% after this government, the use of Article 12 of the Law on Removing Production Obstacles, Article 16 of the Knowledge-Based Leap Forward Law and the resolutions of the Economic Council and the method of guaranteed purchase of electricity are effective factors in the development of renewables.

Meanwhile, the average annual consumption of household customers in 2022 in the whole country was equal to 3106 kilowatt-hours, and only 8 provinces of Fars, Kerman, Ilam, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer Ahmad, Sistan and Baluchistan, Hormozgan, Khuzestan and Bushehr have consumed more than the mentioned average. Most of the country’s provinces (23 provinces) consumed less electricity than this average.

The number of subscribers in the home sector reached more than 32 million subscribers at the end of 2023, and this number will reach 36 million subscribers in the next five years. One of the ways to provide electricity needed by household customers is to use a solar panel. A solar panel with a capacity of one kilowatt in most geographical areas of Iran can produce 1500 kilowatt hours of electricity annually for 20 years.

On average, this amount of electricity is equal to half of the electricity consumed by domestic subscribers in the country. If one kilowatt of solar panel is allocated to 36 million domestic subscribers in the country, the capacity of this type of power plant reaches 36,000 megawatts. With this method, at least 54 billion kilowatt hours can be produced. Electricity produced per year.