Tehran’s Niroo Research Institute (NRI ) or Energy Research Institute has hosted the first Iran Wind Energy Conference and exhibition. In attendance was Iran’s President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, administration officials, experts and college students from 80 universities throughout Iran. The conference discussed Iran’s achievements in the field of clean energy. The president’s Deputy for Research and Technology talked about Iran’s advances in cogeneration or combined heat and power (CHP). CHP is the use of a heat engine or power station to simultaneously generate electricity and useful heat.

 

Today Iran’s Ministry of Energy spends 15% percent of its budget to invest in wind energy and solar energy.

 

Iran’s Minister of Energy Majid Namjoo talked about upcoming Iran’s future energy projects.

 

Today Iran has the capacity to produce up to 60k mega watts of electricity annually while this year its electricity exports have increased to 40%. This year Iran plans to export about 10 billion kilowatt hours of electricity.
 

(Source: Press TV)

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