Iraq’s Minister of strength, Ziyad Ali Fadhil, met with united kingdom Ambassador Irfan Siddiq and a high-stage delegation to discuss British agencies’ position in implementing solar energy projects and reaffirm Iraq’s commitment to the Paris weather agreement.
The delegation covered Lara Hampshire, uk Director of alternate in Iraq, and Yasmin Khan, Director of Operations and power alternate Adviser. Talks focused at the memorandum of understanding signed ultimate month with the UGT Renewables, a united kingdom-US organisation, to broaden an included three,000MW solar electricity undertaking in Iraq.
The undertaking includes battery storage systems with a potential of as much as 500MW and the construction of 1,000km of excessive-voltage direct cutting-edge (HVDC) transmission strains to decorate grid performance and stability.
Minister Fadhil emphasised the importance of this initiative for Iraq’s country wide energy gadget and praised the strong collaboration with the UK and legitimate worldwide companies. The executing agency will even put in force a two-yr education programme and offer maintenance services using advanced D-EPC techniques.
Fadhil reaffirmed the government’s intention of lowering carbon emissions from the energy sector, targeting 12,000MW of sun potential by 2030 as part of its broader renewable energy approach.
The British delegation expressed their commitment to deepening the energy partnership with Iraq and contributing technical know-how to aid sustainable improvement inside the electricity sector.
