First Floating Solar Farm in Tehran Established

“The 1 megawatt floating photovoltaic farm built on wastewater canals has more than 1,200 domestically-made panels and can help avoid water evaporation,” Ali Shabnavard was also quoted as saying by IRNA.

The small-scale solar farm was built by a budget of about $2 million and is expected to generate 1.7 million kilowatt hours of power per annum.

According to the official, the solar farm will help reduce the emission of 1,200 tons of greenhouse gases, 1,000 tons of air pollutants like carbon monoxide and save 374,000 liters of water and 483,000 cubic meters of fossil fuel.