Iraq to Award Contract for 700 MW Solar Power Plant

OPEC oil producer Iraq intends to award a new project for the construction of a solar power plant with a generation capacity of 700 megawatts, the country’s Electricity Minister Ziyad Ali Fadel was quoted as saying on Friday by Baghdad Al-Yaum news agency.
The minister noted that the Cabinet would approve the project on Tuesday and authorize the Electricity Ministry to award the contract.
He did not identify the company selected for implementing the project, but noted that it follows the same procedure that awarded a similar contract to PowerChina for the construction of a 750-MW solar power station in the Southern Al-Muthanna Governorate.
Fadel said an energy agreement signed with France’s TotalEnergies this week would also add 1,000 MW to Iraq’s burgeoning solar power network.