Austria ready to build solar power plant in Yazd

Director General of Economy and Finance Ministry office in Yazd province Ali Namazi in a meeting in Yazd Investment Services Center underlined support for the construction of solar power plant and acceleration in its execution process.

He said the Austrian company is preparing preliminary works to construct the power plant by capacity of 10 megawatts.

Another provincial official Hossein Dashti said 30 investors have applied to build solar power plant in the province, adding that in 17 cases the contract is finalizing and needed land has been ceded.

Managing Director of Austrian Investment Company Martin Thomas, for his part, appreciated good supports of Yazd provincial officials to remove problems, and said his company is ready to build two other power plants by capacities of 10 and 30 megawatts within next two years.

The first solar power plant was built in a village in Yazd 24 years ago.

Given to climatic conditions in the province, on a daily basis an average of 10 hours sunlight energy is available.

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