Iraq plans push on solar and green hydrogen projects
Hayan Abdel Ghani, Iraq’s oil minister, unveils plans for a green hydrogen project for the South Refineries Company, including a 130MW solar energy plant.
It would provide Iraq with 800 tonnes of green hydrogen a year through solar-powered electrolysis.
Iraq, Opec’s second-largest crude oil producer after Saudi Arabia, aims to generate around 10GW of green power by 2025. This would amount to a third of its electricity mix.
France’s TotalEnergies and PowerChina signed deals last year to build two solar power plants with a capacity of 1GW and 750W respectively, in Babylon and Karbala.
Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, Masdar, has also been planning at least four solar plants in Iraq since 2022. The first phase would allow a capacity of 1GW.
