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Iran plans to double its renewable energy output
to reach 400MW before the end of March

Iran commissions first waste-to-energy plant

TEHRAN, February 10, 2015

Iran has started operations of its first waste-to-energy plant, which is expected to generate 3 megawatts (MW) of electricity per day from 200 tonnes of garbage, a report said.

The power plant named Aradkouh Waste Process and Disposal Complex, located south of Tehran, was built in cooperation with China, and took three years for completion, added the Tehran Times report, which cited the IRNA news agency.

Iran plans to double its renewable energy output to reach 400MW before the end of March, Homayoun Haeri, the managing director of the Iran Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Management Company (Tavanir), was quoted as saying in the report.

Iran’s power generation capacity, which currently stands at 68.38 gigawatts, has grown by 7 per cent annually over the past 10 years, the report said.




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