A review on energy scenario and sustainable energy in Iran

Energy has a key role in social-economic development of countries. Fossil fuels which have a large contribution in energy consumption in the world, are depleting and it seems necessary to find alternative energy sources. Today, energy consumption in Iran is increasing due to population growth and ec...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mohammadnejad, M., Ghazvini, M., Mahlia, T.M.I., Andriyana, A.
Format:
Published: 2017
Online Access:http://dspace.uniten.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/6197
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.uniten.dspace-6197
record_format dspace
spelling my.uniten.dspace-61972017-12-08T09:12:04Z A review on energy scenario and sustainable energy in Iran Mohammadnejad, M. Ghazvini, M. Mahlia, T.M.I. Andriyana, A. Energy has a key role in social-economic development of countries. Fossil fuels which have a large contribution in energy consumption in the world, are depleting and it seems necessary to find alternative energy sources. Today, energy consumption in Iran is increasing due to population growth and economic development. This study presents an overview of the energy resources, supply and demand as the current energy scenario in Iran. Also, this study discusses other kinds of energy especially renewable energy such as wind, solar, biomass and geothermal as the alternative for energy supply in this country. It is found that, since the country has many windy areas and at least 2800 sunshine hours per year, it has high potential for utilizing wind and solar energy. Therefore, Iran must try to optimize energy consumption especially in the residential sector and increase the contribution of renewable energy in energy supply to make the energy mix secure and environmentally sustainable. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 2017-12-08T09:12:04Z 2017-12-08T09:12:04Z 2011 http://dspace.uniten.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/6197
institution Universiti Tenaga Nasional
building UNITEN Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider Universiti Tenaga Nasional
content_source UNITEN Institutional Repository
url_provider http://dspace.uniten.edu.my/
description Energy has a key role in social-economic development of countries. Fossil fuels which have a large contribution in energy consumption in the world, are depleting and it seems necessary to find alternative energy sources. Today, energy consumption in Iran is increasing due to population growth and economic development. This study presents an overview of the energy resources, supply and demand as the current energy scenario in Iran. Also, this study discusses other kinds of energy especially renewable energy such as wind, solar, biomass and geothermal as the alternative for energy supply in this country. It is found that, since the country has many windy areas and at least 2800 sunshine hours per year, it has high potential for utilizing wind and solar energy. Therefore, Iran must try to optimize energy consumption especially in the residential sector and increase the contribution of renewable energy in energy supply to make the energy mix secure and environmentally sustainable. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
format
author Mohammadnejad, M.
Ghazvini, M.
Mahlia, T.M.I.
Andriyana, A.
spellingShingle Mohammadnejad, M.
Ghazvini, M.
Mahlia, T.M.I.
Andriyana, A.
A review on energy scenario and sustainable energy in Iran
author_facet Mohammadnejad, M.
Ghazvini, M.
Mahlia, T.M.I.
Andriyana, A.
author_sort Mohammadnejad, M.
title A review on energy scenario and sustainable energy in Iran
title_short A review on energy scenario and sustainable energy in Iran
title_full A review on energy scenario and sustainable energy in Iran
title_fullStr A review on energy scenario and sustainable energy in Iran
title_full_unstemmed A review on energy scenario and sustainable energy in Iran
title_sort review on energy scenario and sustainable energy in iran
publishDate 2017
url http://dspace.uniten.edu.my/jspui/handle/123456789/6197
_version_ 1644493870135771136
score 13.209306