An agreement with China to establish solar power planets

INA – Baghdad
 
Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, sponsored an agreement of principles that was signed with China to establish solar energy plants.
 
“The agreement was signed between the Ministry of Electricity and the Chinese Power Company, regarding the establishment of solar power plants with a capacity of 2000 megawatts, to be implemented with a capacity of 750 megawatts as a first stage, up to 2000 megawatts capacity,” said the media office of the Prime Minister in a statement, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
 
The Director General of the Investments and Contracts Department at the Ministry of Electricity, Maha Hamoudi Abdul-Jabbar, signed on behalf of the Iraqi side, while the Deputy Director General of the company, Li Zhi, signed on behalf of the Chinese side, according to the statement.
 
“The solar energy project is one of the first pioneering projects in Iraq, and it is being implemented for the first time. The project will contribute to increasing the production of electrical energy, to supply the system with clean renewable energy," included the statement.
 
Signing of the agreement was attended by the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Electricity for Production Affairs, Adel Karim, and the Vice President of the China Power China Company, Jiu Fei.