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Iran to launch first
geothermal energy plant
IRAN’S first geothermal power plant, equipped weapon, something Tehran has always refuted.
JAPAN to generate 5 MW of power, is set to be commis- According to TPPH project manager Ham-
sioned by June, a Thermal Power Plant Holding idreza Azimi, the $40.4mn geothermal project is
(TPPH) spokesman told local press on January almost complete, with the only incomplete part
12. related to washing the steam wells of the power
The country has to date invested relatively plant, for which a corresponding contract has
little in renewables in part due to the low cost of been signed.
oil, gas and coal on the domestic market. Some The plant is located in Meshginshahr district
clear progress in renewables was made prior in the northwestern province of Ardabil near the
to the reintroduction of heavy US sanctions in border with Azerbaijan. It has been constructed
2018. Several solar plants went live prior to that at the foot of Mount Sabalan, a semi-active
economic setback. The development of Iran’s volcano.
nuclear power industry, meanwhile, has been There are plans to in future achieve a 50 MW
hampered due to fears that the Islamic Repub- capacity at the installation.
lic is secretly working on producing a nuclear
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