Iran has currently 400 MW of renewable capacity in place but it has signed a raft of agreements, mostly with European companies, to produce more green energy.

Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-majority country, is set to go green with a new initiative that aims to establish 1,000 eco-mosques by 2020.

The work located in central Iran is expected to take three years, with the project coming online in 100 MW phases every six months, Quercus said.

The country currently has 77,000 megawatts of power capacity, of which 360 megawatts is renewable energy. Most of the electricity generated in the country comes from thermal power plants which use fossil fuel.

A number of American cities are continuing to pursue renewable energies even as President Trump is steering the US away from actively fighting climate change.

Iran has built 7,405 megawatts of new capacity over the past three and half years, including 2,200 megawatts last year.

Iran would need to develop about 49 gigawatts of solar power, 77 gigawatts of wind energy and 21 gigawatts of hydropower to achieve a zero-emissions grid.

Iran is seeking 5,000 megawatts of renewable energy by 2020, with more than 4,000 megawatts expected to come from wind power stations.

Iran is turning to renewable energy forms in order to avoid the side effects of generating power in traditional ways.

Iran is a country with sunny weather most of the year but solar energy does not play a substantial part compared to other forms of energy used in the country.