Iran: Italy's Maresca Launches Photovoltaic Station
Carlo Maresca launched a 10-megawatt solar power plant costing 8 million euros on the southern Iranian island of Qeshm, which comprises an initial phase of the company’s plan to produce 50 MW of renewables.
The plant was officially inaugurated by Fabio Maresca, chairman of the Italian company, during a ceremony attended by Italy's Ambassador to Iran Mauro Conciatori, IRNA reported.
"The plant is built using 30,000 solar panels on an area of 20 hectares to produce 17 million kilowatts of electricity annually", Maresca said. Ambassador Conciatori also that protection for earth environment, especially islands, is very important and using clean energy power plant in Qeshm Island is a bright outlook for environment of the island. Conciatori said that Italy has close cooperation with Hormozgan province and Qeshm Island in the fields of steel and electronics. He said the power plant project is a symbolic move in Iran, Italy friendship with hope to be expanded.
Managing Director of the power plant Stephano Falconio said in the ceremony that the project took 2 years to be launched and by 8 million euro investment and it supplies annual needs of 5000 households. In this project 100 technicians and experts worked and 25 kilometers aluminum cables, 200 kilometers solar cables and 30 thousand solar panels were used and installed, Falconio said. Qeshm township, including Qeshm, Hormoz, Hengam and Larak Islands with population of 150,000 located in south of Hormozgan province.
The plant is in an initial phase of the company's plan to produce 50 MW on the southern island. Italy-based real estate and renewable energy group Carlo Maresca SpA has put on stream a 10-MW solar park on the Iranian island of Qeshm and reportedly has plans for 200 MW more.