In Short : Iraq has partnered with TotalEnergies and QatarEnergy to build a 1.25 GW solar power project in Basra. The project will deploy two million bifacial panels in five 250 MW phases from 2025 to 2027. Once completed, it will provide clean electricity to around 350,000 homes, boosting Iraq’s energy independence and reducing its […]
In Short : Iraq has signed an MoU with U.S.-based GE Vernova to build 24,000 MW of combined-cycle gas power plants, aiming to boost domestic electricity production. Additionally, Iraq partnered with UGT Renewables for a 3,000 MW solar project. These deals include plans for financing, transmission upgrades, and training, aligning with Iraq’s push to reduce […]
NEW DELHI : India aims to expand its annual oil purchases from Iraq from 1 billion barrels currently, Oil Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Twitter after meeting his Iraqi counterpart Hayan Abdel-Ghani in New Delhi on Tuesday. Iraq used to be India’s top oil supplier but has slipped to second position as Indian refiners […]
Regional power interconnection projects have struggled to gain traction in the Middle East, with the GCCIA chronically underused. Yet momentum is building for broader connections to North Africa and Europe (MEES, 28 October), while Jordan intends to begin supplying Iraq with electricity by next summer. Despite the limitations of its domestic transmission network and an […]
Al Anbar Governorate is planning to award two funding firms from the UAE a contract to construct solar energy vegetation with a complete capability of 150 MW in Iraq’s largest province. The province in cooperation with the ministry of electrical energy has ready 5 websites to arrange photo voltaic parks, deputy governor Jassim Abdullah has […]
Iraq is planning to build a 750-MW solar park in the southern Al-Muthanna Governorate, the country’s preacher of electricity Adel Karim has actually said. The federal government will certainly sustain Al-Muthanna with the large-scale solar project as well as a number of smaller sized power plant to guarantee sufficient electricity supply in the governorate, Karim […]
Iraq expects three main photo voltaic initiatives with a mixed capability of two.75 GW to be put into operation in 2025 regardless of the prevailing obstacles associated to their grid connection, the pinnacle of the nation’s Fee for management of radioactive sources instructed the Iraqi Information Company on Tuesday. The three initiatives embody a 1-GW […]
Iraq’s Central Bank has provided IQD 1 trillion (USD 682.2m/EUR 629.1m) to support the expansion of renewable energy, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) said earlier this week, citing the bank’s deputy governor Ihsan Al-Yasiri. Speaking at a renewable energy forum, Al-Yasiri said that the Central Bank has been cooperating with the Ministry of Environment to […]
New Delhi : Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has achieved yet another milestone in its international business by bagging a prestigious order for a Compressor Package from Iraq. Won in the face of stiff competition, the order for the Package for Baiji Refinery in Iraq, has been placed by Northern Refineries Company (NRC), a National […]
The first phase of the project will include the generation of 1,000 megawatts out of a total capacity of 2,000 megawatts, the statement said. Baghdad: Iraq signed a contract with a United Arab Emirates’ energy company to build five solar power plants, the Iraqi government has said. A statement by the media office of Iraqi […]