According to the Public Relations and International Affairs of the Kish Free Zone Organization, this power plant has been commissioned with the aim of developing clean energies and, with the completion of its subsequent phases over the next year, the share of solar energy in meeting the island's required energy will increase by 10 percent.
Mohammad Kabiri, during this visit, referring to the plan to complete the next phases of this power plant over the next year, said: with the completion of the planned stages, the island's solar power plant capacity will reach 24 megawatts and the share of clean energy production from the total energy required by Kish will increase by 10 percent.
This power plant has been built on a land area of 4.5 hectares. In the first phase, 4,480 solar panels with a capacity of 715 watts and 10 inverters have been used, and 96 tons of metal structures have been used for the installation of the panels. The value of the land allocated to the project is 20 thousand billion rials and the value of its equipment is estimated at about 1,250,000 dollars.
Kabiri described the development of renewable energies and the use of solar capacities as priorities of the Kish Free Zone Organization and announced pursuing the creation of a rooftop solar power plant at Kish Hospital as well as issuing an investment call for the construction of a 4-megawatt solar power plant in the airport parking.
He also, referring to planned measures to expand the use of solar energy in the building sector, announced the drafting of a guideline in the Architecture and Urban Planning Council that focuses on buildings over one thousand square meters and green buildings with the aim of providing the ground for the use of clean energy in shared areas.
The CEO of the Kish Free Zone Organization further stated that the development of electric vehicle infrastructure alongside the expansion of solar power plants is part of the organization's approach to move toward sustainable energy supply, pollution reduction, and the development of a sustainable environmental model on the island.