SATBA Targets 12,000 Megawatts of Solar Capacity Next Year, With Current Capacity Above 6,150 Megawatts

Mohsen Tarztalab, CEO of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organization (SATBA), said at a signing ceremony for a solar power plant development memorandum with the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Finance on Saturday, October 10, 2026 (18 Mehr 1405), that the plan ahead is to reach 12,000 megawatts of solar capacity next year. He said several thousand further megawatts will be added to the grid through household solar plants. Tarztalab acknowledged serious challenges on this path and said cooperation with the economy ministry will continue.

Jafar Mohammadnejad, SATBA's deputy for investment and development, said at the same event that, despite constraints, the country's current solar capacity has passed 6,150 megawatts and that the Energy Ministry and SATBA are planning to expand it to as much as 30,000 megawatts. He added that most of the new capacity will come from on-site "branch" plants, meaning generation at the point of consumption, and that the payback period for private investors is estimated at three to four years. These figures are statements by SATBA officials and the announced capacities have not been independently verified.