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Iran kicks off its biggest solar power plant

TEHRAN, April 30, 2017

Iran has inaugurated a major solar power plant with an annual power generation capacity of 10 MW, a report said.

The $15 million plant is spread over an area of 20 hectares near the central city of Isfahan, Iran Daily reported, citing Press TV.

The project, which was jointly implemented by Iran's Ghadir Electricity and Energy Company and Greece's Metka engineering firm, took seven months to complete, it added.

The plant has around 39,000 solar panels each with an area of around 0.64 sq m. The panels are equipped with advanced solar tracking system, the report added.

Renewable Energy Organization of Iran (Suna) has already bought the electricity generated from the project for a period of 20 years, according to the report.

 




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