Iraq’s Electricity Minister Ziyad Ali Fadel on Friday announced a national plan to roll out large-scale solar energy projects across all provinces, aiming to integrate renewable power into the grid and ease the country’s chronic electricity shortages.
The plan includes several multi-megawatt projects, starting with the 1,000 MW “Shams al-Basra” plant, a 450 MW project in Dhi Qar led by Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power, and another 1,000 MW facility in Najaf, the state-run Iraqi News Agency quoted Fadel as saying.
Iraq launches nationwide solar plan to ease chronic power shortages
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