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Solar Energy in Iran: Current State and Outlook

This paper introduces the resource, status and prospect of solar energy in Iran briefly. Among renewable energy sources, Iran has a high solar energy potential. The widespread deployment of solar energy is promising due to recent advancements in solar energy technologies. Therefore, many investors i...

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Main Authors: R., Mamat, Azmi, W. H., G., Najafi, Ghobadian, B., Yusaf, Talal
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Published: Elsevier 2015
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9323/1/fkm-2015-rizalman-Solar%20Energy%20in%20Iran.pdf
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spelling my.ump.umpir.93232018-01-24T01:47:16Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9323/ Solar Energy in Iran: Current State and Outlook R., Mamat Azmi, W. H. G., Najafi Ghobadian, B. Yusaf, Talal TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This paper introduces the resource, status and prospect of solar energy in Iran briefly. Among renewable energy sources, Iran has a high solar energy potential. The widespread deployment of solar energy is promising due to recent advancements in solar energy technologies. Therefore, many investors inside and outside the country are interested to invest in solar energy development. Iran’s total area is around 1600,000 km2 or 1.6×1012 m2 with about 300 clear sunny days in a year and an average 2200 kW-h solar radiation per square meter. Considering only 1% of the total area with 10% system efficiency for solar energy harness, about 9 million MW h of energy can be obtained in a day. The government’s goal on 2012 was to install 53,000 MW capacity plants for electricity generation. To reach this goal, it was assumed that the new gas-fired plants along with the hydroelectric and nuclear power generating plants could be financed by independent power producers including those of foreign investment. Based on the fifth 5 year Socio-economic and Cultural Development Plan, the private sector was expected to have a share of at least 270 MW in renewable energy development. The existing small capacity solar energy plants are in Shiraz, Semnan, Taleghan, Yazd, Tehran and Khorasan. Based on the specified available solar trough technology, solar area, average solar hours and average solar direct irradiation, the technical potential of solar electricity was estimated to be 14.7 TWe. Under the current energy policies, the combined solar, wind and geothermal power plants are economically viable. These huge RES’s potential can be realized assuming the availability of technology, investment capital, human expertise and the other resources along with a long-term driven renewable energy policy. Due to high growth rate of electricity demand in Iran, the nominal installed capacity has increased by 8.9% per annum during 2001–2007. In the reference scenario, the share of RES in total installed electricity capacity is expected to be about 2% in 2030. It is expected that the cumulative RES installed capacity will reach 2.8 GW in 2030. This requires more than 2800 million US dollar investment during 2010–2030. Elsevier 2015 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9323/1/fkm-2015-rizalman-Solar%20Energy%20in%20Iran.pdf R., Mamat and Azmi, W. H. and G., Najafi and Ghobadian, B. and Yusaf, Talal (2015) Solar Energy in Iran: Current State and Outlook. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 49. pp. 931-942. ISSN 1364-0321 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.056 doi: 10.1016/j.rser.2015.04.056
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R., Mamat
Azmi, W. H.
G., Najafi
Ghobadian, B.
Yusaf, Talal
Solar Energy in Iran: Current State and Outlook
description This paper introduces the resource, status and prospect of solar energy in Iran briefly. Among renewable energy sources, Iran has a high solar energy potential. The widespread deployment of solar energy is promising due to recent advancements in solar energy technologies. Therefore, many investors inside and outside the country are interested to invest in solar energy development. Iran’s total area is around 1600,000 km2 or 1.6×1012 m2 with about 300 clear sunny days in a year and an average 2200 kW-h solar radiation per square meter. Considering only 1% of the total area with 10% system efficiency for solar energy harness, about 9 million MW h of energy can be obtained in a day. The government’s goal on 2012 was to install 53,000 MW capacity plants for electricity generation. To reach this goal, it was assumed that the new gas-fired plants along with the hydroelectric and nuclear power generating plants could be financed by independent power producers including those of foreign investment. Based on the fifth 5 year Socio-economic and Cultural Development Plan, the private sector was expected to have a share of at least 270 MW in renewable energy development. The existing small capacity solar energy plants are in Shiraz, Semnan, Taleghan, Yazd, Tehran and Khorasan. Based on the specified available solar trough technology, solar area, average solar hours and average solar direct irradiation, the technical potential of solar electricity was estimated to be 14.7 TWe. Under the current energy policies, the combined solar, wind and geothermal power plants are economically viable. These huge RES’s potential can be realized assuming the availability of technology, investment capital, human expertise and the other resources along with a long-term driven renewable energy policy. Due to high growth rate of electricity demand in Iran, the nominal installed capacity has increased by 8.9% per annum during 2001–2007. In the reference scenario, the share of RES in total installed electricity capacity is expected to be about 2% in 2030. It is expected that the cumulative RES installed capacity will reach 2.8 GW in 2030. This requires more than 2800 million US dollar investment during 2010–2030.
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author R., Mamat
Azmi, W. H.
G., Najafi
Ghobadian, B.
Yusaf, Talal
author_facet R., Mamat
Azmi, W. H.
G., Najafi
Ghobadian, B.
Yusaf, Talal
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title Solar Energy in Iran: Current State and Outlook
title_short Solar Energy in Iran: Current State and Outlook
title_full Solar Energy in Iran: Current State and Outlook
title_fullStr Solar Energy in Iran: Current State and Outlook
title_full_unstemmed Solar Energy in Iran: Current State and Outlook
title_sort solar energy in iran: current state and outlook
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2015
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/9323/1/fkm-2015-rizalman-Solar%20Energy%20in%20Iran.pdf
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