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First Solar Energy Plant Completed in Iran
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Pangea on 10/12/2009 22:00:00
 
The Shiraz solar power plant boasts a modest 250 KW energy production capacity.
It’s a solar thermal plant that uses parabolic mirrored troughs to gather
sunlight.The mirrors focus the sunlight in an intense ray on a tube that runs
the length of the array of mirrors. Inside the tube, a liquid insulated by a
vacuum transfers the heat of the mirrors to a traditional generator, where
it’s used to produce steam and generate electricity.
Placing an economic value on renewable resources makes sunny Iran rich in solar
energy potential. Iran took its first step toward the large scale realization of
that potential this week with the inauguration of its first solar energy plant.
The plant was constructed with domestic materials and labour in Shiraz,the Fars
province.