Renewable energy development in rural areas of Iran

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• 作者：Nashmil Afsharzade<sup>asup><sup> ; sup><sup>nashmilafsharzade@yahoo.com" class="auth_mail" title="E-mail the corresponding authorsup> ; Abdolhamid Papzan<sup>bsup> ; Mehdi Ashjaee<sup>csup> ; Sohrab Delangizan<sup>dsup> ; Steven Van Passel<sup>esup><sup> ; sup><sup>fsup> ; Hossein Azadi<sup>esup><sup> ; sup><sup>gsup><sup> ; sup><sup>hsup>
• 关键词：TAVANIR ; Iran Power Generation Transmission and Distribution Management Company ; GHG ; Green House Gas ; RE ; Renewable Energy ; MOE ; Ministry of Energy ; UN General Assembly ; United Nations General Assembly ; RETs ; Renewable Energy Technologies ; R&D ; Research and development ; RES ; Renewable Energy Systems ; EU ; European Union ; FITs ; Feed-In Tariffs ; SUNA ; Iran Renewable Energy Organization ; CCPI ; Climate Change Performance Index ; MDGs ; Millennium Development Goals ; DG ; Distributed Generation
• 刊名：Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：November 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：65
• 期：Complete
• 页码：743-755
• 全文大小：751 K

文摘

Iran's energy system is extremely dependent on fossil fuels which, in turn, have led to problems such as fossil fuels depletion, social, economic and environmental damage and territorial imbalance. The country should therefore design a sustainable energy system based on clean energy a s well as renewable energy. Accordingly, and given that Iran's rural areas suffer from the unsustainable energy system, it is necessary to integrate renewable energy into comprehensive development programs in general, and into rural development programs, specifically. This review paper answers the following questions: Why is renewable energy important for Iran at national and rural levels? How is renewable energy related to sustainable rural development? and What are the challenges in the promotion of renewable energy technologies in Iran? The paper concludes that although renewable energy has potential for development in Iran's rural areas due to environmental, social and economic advantages, it could face some infrastructural, managerial, socio-cultural and economic challenges. Accordingly, aggressive and innovative policy making is required to meet these challenges.