“…Iran, in addition to having different sources of fossil energy, also has various renewable energy resources (Bahrami & Abbaszadeh, 2016). Such resources that have been discussed by researchers include solar energy (Afsharzade et al, 2016), wind energy (Mostafaeipour & Abarghooei, 2008), hydropower energy (Derakhshan & Nourbakhsh, 2008;Ghorashi & Rahimi, 2011), biomass (Afazeli, Jafari, Rafiee, & Nosrati, 2014;Noorollahi, Kheirrouz, Asl, Yousefi, & Hajinezhad, 2015), and geothermal energy (Bahrami & Abbaszadeh, 2013;Noorollahi, Yousefi, Ehara, & Itoi, 2008).…”