challenges in renewable energy investment projects in iran: a review of the main criteria and risks

challenges in renewable energy investment projects in iran: a review of the main criteria and risks

the growth in iran population along with the development of economy has led to a considerable increase in the consumption of energy which also has raised serious environmental concerns. this has been the reason for the noticeable increase in recent renewable energy investments, which in turn has attracted national and international investors in iran. the investors face several uncertainties upon making decision on their investments in these projects. this paper accordingly aims at identifying these uncertainties from investor's point of view that affecting their decision making with emphasize on wind energy by using an extensive literature review and expert interviews. a systematic literature review (slr) method is used to extract decision making criteria and risk factors. the results of this study can be instrumental for investors in identifying potential challenges of their investments in order to choose the possible ways to answer these challenges in the future.