Five-Year Development Plans of Renewable Energy Policies in Iran: A Content Analysis

Renewable energy (RE) policies can play an effective role in the development of renewable resources. The main goal this paper was to conduct a content analysis on RE Iran’s five-year National Development Plan (NDP) by investigating upstream national documents. To achieve goal, 29 documents related were identified and analyzed through systematic literature review. Then, qualitative applied analyze results showed that current need be reviewed, reformed, strengthened. For example, lack sufficient attention heat fuel one deficiencies NDP. decentralization policymaking unified organization also weaknesses process RE. Iran develop sustainable clean using sources such as solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, wave, tidal power. concludes that, although have potential for due environmental, social, economic advantages, they could face some infrastructural, managerial, socio-cultural, challenges. Accordingly, innovative is required meet