*Iran’s overall nominal capacity to generate electricity has reached 80,053 MW by the end of December, 2018. *0.85% belongs to PV Power Plants (286 MW) *The Iranian Government (the "Government") hopes to increase the nominal capacity of all power plants to over 120 GW by the end of 2025, , of which 1,000 MW should be produced from solar energy.

1. IRAN Solar Market Overview
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3. Installed renewable energy power plants
situation up to end of Dec , 2018 in Iran (Ref1)
Item Power Plant Capacity (MW)
1 Wind 282
2 Solar (PV) 286
3 Biomass 11
4 Small Hydropower 88
5 Waste heat
recovery
14
Total 681
41%
42%
2%
13% 2%
Installed renewable energy power
plants
Wind
Solar
Biomass
Small Hydropower
Waste heat recovery

4. Companies with renewable & clean power purchase
agreement (PPA) up to end of Dec , 2018 in Iran (Ref1)
Item Power plant Number of
company
Capacity
(MW)
1 Wind 34 1388.82
2 Solar (PV) 270 2728.56
3 Biomass 4 7
4 Small Hydropower 8 16
5 Waste heat
recovery
5 64
Total 4204.38
33%
65%
0%0%2%
Renewable & clean power purchase
agreement
Wind
Solar
Biomass
Small Hydropower
Waste heat recovery

5. Comparison of installed PV capacity between Iran & other
countries in region as of the end of 2018 (Ref1) (Ref 2)
Item Country PV (MW)
1 Iran 286
2 Bahrain 5
3 Kuwait 19
4 Oman 8
5 Qatar 5
6 Saudi Arabia 89
7 UAE 487
0 100 200 300 400 500 600
Iran
Bahrain
Kuwait
Oman
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Installed PV
Installed PV
54%32%
2%0%1%1%10%
Insatalled PV
UAE
Iran
Kuwait
Bahrain
Oman

6. Iran Capacity of All Power Plant
• Iran’s overall nominal capacity to generate electricity has reached
80,053 MW by the end of December, 2018. (Ref3) & (Ref4)
• 0.85% belongs to PV Power Plants (286 MW)
• The Iranian Government (the "Government") hopes to increase the
nominal capacity of all power plants to over 120 GW by the end of
2025, , of which 1,000 MW should be produced from solar energy. (Ref5) &
(Ref6)

7. Outlook of Iran's electricity generation
by 2025
80053
120000
2018 2025
Power Plant Capacity (MW)
Power Plant Capacity (MW)
286
1000
2018 2025
PV Generation Capacity (MW)
PV Generation Capacity

8. About the Author
• Roozbeh Molavi
• Email: roozbeh.molavi@nexgcg.com
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