TEHRAN- During a press conference held between the Energy Committee of Iran Chamber of Commerce, Industries, Mines and Agriculture (ICCIMA) and Iran Renewable Energy Association, the issues related to the renewable energy sector were discussed.

In the press conference, held at the place of ICCIMA on Saturday, Arash Najafi, the chairman of ICCIMA Energy Committee, Davoud Madadi, the head of Iran Renewable Energy Association, and Mohammad-Amin Zanganeh, the secretary of the association, talked about the power imbalance in the country, the problems in the field of renewable energy and the solutions ahead.

They said that solving the problems of the renewable sector requires the creation of stable financial resources.

Based on the Energy Ministry data, renewables, currently, account for nearly seven percent of the country’s total electricity generation capacity.

Of the country’s total renewable capacity, 44 percent is the share of solar power plants while the share of wind farms stands at 40 percent and small-scalded hydropower plants generate 13 percent of the total renewable capacity.

Over the past few years, the Iranian government has taken serious measures to accelerate the growth and development of renewable energies in the country.

Diversification of financing models for renewable projects, increasing the ceiling of guaranteed electricity purchase, providing the possibility of buying and selling renewable electricity in the green board of the Iran Energy Exchange (IRENEX) and providing the possibility of exporting renewable electricity have been the most important measures taken for this purpose.

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