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 […]
Jordan Aims To Supply Iraq With Power In 2023 – EQ Mag Pro
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 […]
Iraq prepares to construct 150 MW of photovoltaic parks in Al Anbar province – EQ Mag Pro
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 intends a 750-MW solar project in Al-Muthanna province – EQ Mag Pro
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 to attach 2.75 GW photovoltaic trio to the grid in 2025 – report – EQ Mag Pro
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 backs green energy projects with USD 682 Million – EQ Mag Pro
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 […]
BHEL wins prestigious order for Compressor Package from Iraq – EQ Mag Pro
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 […]
Iraq signs contract with UAE company to build solar power plants – EQ Mag Pro
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 […]
Projects: Iraq to Sign Power Link Deal With Kuwait – EQ Mag Pro
Iraq has completed the bulk of a project to connect its power network to that in neighboring Gulf countries and intends to sign agreement with Kuwait soon to complete the project, an official was quoted on Thursday as saying. Ahmed Mousa, a spokesman for the Iraqi Electricity Ministry, said nearly 87 percent of the Iraq-GCC […]
Iraq Needs International Backing to Meet Climate Goals – EQ Mag Pro
Baghdad’s deputy prime minister Ali Allawi and IEA executive director Fatih Birol urged the international community to help Iraq transition away from fossil fuels. Oil-producing countries, such as Iraq, need the support of the international community to transition their rentier economies away from fossil fuels and to adopt cleaner energy, said the country’s deputy prime […]