Iran Going Big With Renewables! 5,000 MW Of New Solar & Wind Capacity By 2018?

Juan Cole 05/15/2014

Iran Going Big With Renewables! 5,000 MW Of New Solar & Wind Capacity By 2018? (via Clean Technica)

Iran is aiming big with renewables, based on recent statements made by the Iranian Energy Minister, Hamid Chitchian. As revealed by Chitchian, the country’s new goal is to add 5,000 MW of new solar energy and wind energy capacity by the year 2018.…

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Juan Cole is the founder and chief editor of Informed Comment and Richard P. Mitchell Professor of History at the University of Michigan. He is author of, among many other books, Muhammad: Prophet of Peace amid the Clash of Empires. Follow him at @jricole.