{"id":13323,"date":"2025-02-15T12:43:27","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T12:43:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/?p=13323"},"modified":"2025-02-15T12:43:27","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T12:43:27","slug":"iran-signs-agreement-for-private-sector-participation-in-solar-power-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/13323\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran signs agreement for private sector participation in solar power projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\" itemprop=\"description\"><p><span class=\"pre-content-text\"><a style=\"color: #0038a8;\" href=\"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/\">RoydadNaft &#8211; <\/a><\/span>\u00a0Iran has signed an agreement with private investors to develop solar power plants by the summer of 2025, aiming to address the country\u2019s electricity supply imbalance.<\/p>\n<p>Mohsen Tarztalab, Deputy Energy Minister and Head of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (SATBA), stated during the signing ceremony that private sector involvement is a positive step and that all efforts must be directed toward resolving power shortages.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur priority is to entrust existing infrastructure to the private sector before the government intervenes,\u201d Tarztalab said.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Iran is pursuing special permits from the Supreme National Security Council to expedite private sector projects.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing concerns about power distribution companies, Tarztalab assured that any arising issues would be promptly resolved.<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that private firms generating export revenues would be eligible for foreign currency obligation waivers.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the head of Tehran Regional Electricity Company said that a three-megawatt solar power plant worth approximately 900 billion rials ($1.8 million) will be constructed in the Iranian capital.<\/p>\n<p>Farhad Shabihi announced the launch of construction for 120 megawatts of renewable power plants, each with a capacity of three megawatts or less, in Tehran Province, IRIB reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn conjunction with the 46th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, construction of the three-megawatt solar power plant, valued at 900 billion rials, has begun in northern Tehran. Once operational, it will be connected to the national power grid,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"post-date no-social-btn post-updated\">Updated on<time class=\"updated dt-updated\" itemprop=\"dateModified\" datetime=\"2025-02-15T12:43:27+00:00\"> 15 February 2025<\/time><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"has signed an agreement with private investors to develop solar power plants by the summer of 2025, aiming to address the country\u2019s electricity supply imbalance.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13324,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[47,22,36,19,16,45,35],"tags":[],"services":[],"class_list":["post-13323","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-iran","category-lastnews","category-news","category-oil","category-renewable-energy","category-topnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13323","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13323"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13323\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13324"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13323"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13323"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13323"},{"taxonomy":"services","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/roydadnaft.ir\/English\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/services?post=13323"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}