Iran (IMNA) - The declaration came a day after Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian and other top officials launched a second power plant fed by biomass from the South Tehran Wastewater Treatment Facility, the Middle East's largest wastewater treatment facility.
The 2.4 megawatt (MW) biogas plant is a combined heat and power system built in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol. As a result, the Iranian Energy Ministry may earn real cash by selling Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) in carbon credit markets.
The 2.4 megawatt (MW) biogas plant is a combined heat and power system that was started up in accordance with the Kyoto Protocol of the United Nations. This enables the sale of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) in carbon credit markets to generate hard currency revenue for the Iranian Energy Ministry.
Mahmud Kamani, the deputy energy minister for renewable energy in Iran, announced on Tuesday that four biogas facilities in the cities of Tehran, Mahshad, and Noshahr had enabled the nation to generate 13 MW of power from biomass.
In 2010, Iran opened its first biomass plant in the same wastewater facility in southern Tehran. This plant is capable of producing 7 MW of power.
Kamani stated that Iran has the ability to generate 500 MW of power from biomass, but that production can easily be increased to 18 MW by implementing improved management techniques in existing biomass facilities.
Renewables continue to contribute for a small portion of total Iranian energy generating capacity, which was estimated to be approximately 90 GW in early 2023. The majority of the sector's production is generated by solar, wind, and hydroelectric power facilities.
The government has stated intentions to raise renewable capacity by tenfold to ten gigatonnes (GW) by 2025.
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