Iran pledges to boost renewable energy capacity

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Official announces plan to build 2,000MW of new capacity

Iran may have the world's most hazardous energy policy, with its plans to build nuclear power plants risking the onset of global conflagration, but the country is also quietly pursuing a far less controversial...

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