Shahram Derakhshan, member of the faculty of Mechanical Engineering of University of Science and Technology said for the very first time Iranian researchers have manufactured vertical axis tidal turbines with a completely domestic design.
“The laboratory samples of the turbines have successfully undergone the production phase sponsored by the University of Science and Technology and the vice-presidency for Science and Technology,” said Derakhshan, adding the turbines are soon to be patented.
According to him, each unit of these offshore tidal turbines produces 5 to 10 kilowatts energy, which together, will amount to several hundred units of energy.
Iran is the vanguard of wind turbines and power plants technology in the Middle East. Currently, 660-kilowatt wind turbines are constructed by domestic engineers.
In 2006, the country generated 45 megawatts of electricity from wind power (ranked 30th in the world).
Iran is a member of the Global Wind Energy Council.