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The 64 MW Yazd ISCC came into operation in 2010.

Iran had promoted the Yazd ISCC since 1994, when a  Joint  German-Iranian  Expert Group on Solar Thermal Power, sponsored by the  German  Federal  Ministry  of  Environment  and  the Iranian  Power  Development Company (IPDC), elaborated a concept study for a 100MW CSP plant.

In 1997,  IPDC  contracted  the  Electric  Power  Research Center (now named NIROO Research Institute) and  Fichtner Solar to execute a comprehensive feasibility study. Yazd was determined to be the preferred site for the Yazd ISCC plant with a DNI level of 2511kWh/m²/yr.

Iran had approached GEF with a request to finance part of the cost of the solar field. As GEF was not in the position to allocate any additional resources for this request, Iran, in 2005, changed the initial plant configuration with a solar component of 64 MWe to a configuration with a solar field equivalent to 17 MWe.

The Islamic Republic of Iran has shown an interest in renewable energy technology, including solar power, and is keen to exploit its abundant solar resource with STE technology. The government also wants to diversify its power production away from the country’s oil and natural gas reserves.

The Iranian Power Development Company undertook a comprehensive feasibility study on an Integrated Solar Combined Cycle with trough technology from the Electric Power Research Center (now the NIROO Research Institute) and Fichtner (now Fichtner Solar).

The study identified that Esfahan, Fars, Kerman and Yazd are all excellent regions for installing solar thermal power plants in Iran, but Yazd, where the entire high plateau is characterized by an annual DNI of over 2,500 kWh/m2/yr, was finally selected as the site for the first plant.

Iran had approached GEF with a request to finance part of the cost of the solar field. As GEF was not in the position to allocate any additional resources for this request, Iran, in 2005, changed the initial plant configuration with a solar component of 64 MW to a configuration with a solar field equivalent to 17 MW. The Yazd ISCC began operation in 2010. No new developments in the market have been announced since then.

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