The government of Iraqi and TotalEnergies SE are close to finalizing an accord that will trigger billions of dollars of investments aimed at boosting oil and gas production and reducing electricity outages in the Middle-Eastern nation, people familiar with the matter said. Under the agreement, which may be announced as soon as Sunday, the French […]
Iraq Approves 7.5 GW Solar Power Project As It Looks to Reduce Iran Electricity Imports – EQ Mag Pro
RIYADH: Iraq’s cabinet approved today the Ministry of Electricity’s plan to build a 7.5 GW solar power project in the country. Iraq has said it will award 10-12 GW of solar power projects through 2025 as it seeks to generate up to 25 percent of its power needs from the sun. Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity […]
Iraq, PowerChina Ink Agreement to Develop Up to 2 GW of Solar Power – EQ Mag Pro
First phase of agreement to include 750 MW Iraq under US pressure to lower dependence on Iranian energy Iraq signed this year solar agreements with TotalEnergies, Masdar Iraq and state-owned PowerChina have signed an initial agreement to develop up to 2 GW of solar power plants, the prime minister’s media office said Aug. 25, as […]
PROJECTS: Iraq to Add 7,500 MW in New Solar Power Projects – EQ Mag Pro
OPEC member Iraq is planning to add nearly 7,500 megawatts (MW) to its power generation capacity in new solar energy projects to be built by Total of France and a UAE company, the official Iraq daily Alsabah reported on Thursday. The Electricity Ministry is currently holding talks with relevant authorities for the allocation of land […]
Iraq to Build First Solar Projects With China to Reduce Dependence on Iranian Power Imports – EQ Mag Pro
Iraq is the second largest oil producer among the OPEC nations, but it imports electricity from Iran. The first plant will have a capacity of 750 MW, and the country will add more plants until it hits the 2,000 MW target JEDDAH: Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity signed on Wednesday a contract with China’s state-owned Power […]
Iraq Signs Agreement With Power China to Build 2,000 Megawatt Solar Plants – EQ Mag Pro
The first stage of the project will have a capacity of 750 megawatts, the Iraqi cabinet added. Cairo : Iraq has signed an initial agreement with POWERCHINA to build solar power plants with a capacity of 2,000 megawatts, the government said on Wednesday. The first stage of the project will have a capacity of 750 […]
Iraq Eyes Qatar Gas Import Amid Shortage of Iranian Supply: Report
Baghdad has plans to import gas from Qatar and other countries to make up for fluctuating supplies from Iran. Iraq is eyeing plans to import gas from Qatar, Turkey, Algeria and Azerbaijan to boost electric power production plants in the country due to a fluctuation in quantities imported from Iran in recent years, an official […]
The Electricity Crisis is Taking Libya in Iraq’s Footsteps
Workers operate on high voltage towers after they were damaged by fightings, south of Tripoli. The electricity crisis in Libya is about ten years old, and it got worse five years ago. It has become one of the most prominent manifestations of the crisis in the country and a sign of the bitter reality that […]
Simple Way to Desalinate Water Using Solar Energy
Ural Federal University power engineers have developed a new desalination technology. The new technology will significantly reduce the cost of desalination and quadruple the volume of production, it has been reported. The results of the research are published in the journal Case Studies in Thermal Engineering. Today one of the most popular and simple ways […]
Iraq And France’s Total to Work on Gas Production, Solar Deals
French energy company aims to capture and process 600m standard cubic feet a day of gas from the Ratawi field Iraq’s cabinet gave approval for TotalEnergies SE to develop a natural-gas field and help boost the country’s oil output. The French energy company aims to capture and process 600 million standard cubic feet a day […]