Developing Renewables in Iran – A must or choice?

Document Type : Review Article

Authors

1 Master student of energy economics, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

2 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In the process of economic growth and development, energy has always been mentioned as a driving force to accelerate this process. Given the limited reserves of fossil fuels in the world today, we can no longer rely on these energy sources alone. There are several grounds put into question the increasing reliance on fossil fuels in Iran: steady growth of energy consumption, investment inseparability of fossil fuels, limited financial resources, high water intensity in developing fossil fuels and in particular in the course of their conversion into electricity, the country's low resilience due to the intense concentration of production and refining platforms and oil and gas transmission and distribution networks, low labor intensity of fossil energies along with severe pollution following their consumption. This have made the country's shift towards renewable energy inevitable. However, despite these facts and the emphasis from policy makers and upper hand policies (which stipulates that the share of renewable energies in the electricity supply must reach at least 5% till 2021) the share of the renewables in the total energy supply of the country is still very low and far behind the plans. In this paper, employing an evidence-based method, it is shown that developing renewable energies in Iran, is not any longer a choice amongst several choices, rather, it has become an inevitable policy.

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Journal of Renewable and New Energy
Volume 9, Issue 2 - Serial Number 18
September 2022
Pages 28-33

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  • Receive Date: 25 May 2021
  • Revise Date: 15 September 2021
  • Accept Date: 05 February 2022

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