Minister: Iran Set to Increase Renewables Capacity

Date: 24 February 2019 - 21:22

News ID: ۶۳۵۱۷

TEHRAN (Dispatches) - Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian has said that the country is after boosting its renewable energies capacity, urging relevant bodies in the country to spare no efforts to this end.
Ardakanian urged ministries and relevant bodies in the country to establish necessary cooperation and coordination in line with increasing capacity of new energies in the country.
He made the remark on the sidelines of the 11th Iran International Renewable Energy, Lighting & Energy Saving Exhibition, held in Tehran Permanent International Fairground on Feb. 21-24, 2019, in the presence of private sector activists entitled "Opportunities and Challenges of Development of Renewable Energies”.
The minister pointed to the development of renewable energies in the country and added, "Boosting new energies in the country requires coordination and cooperation of Renewable Energy Organization of Iran (SUNA), ministries of Oil and Energy and other responsible organizations.”
Earlier this month, Ardakanian said that the power generation of the country has increased by 11.4 times since the victory of the Islamic Revolution in 1979.