Electricity Ministry concludes a contract with an Emirati company to implement and sell solar power plants

BAGHDAD-INA


Ministry of Electricity signed Friday a contract with an Emirati company to implement and sell solar power plants.

 A statement by the ministry, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), stated that it had “concluded in the conference hall at the ministry’s headquarters, a legal advisory contract with the Emirati Masdar Company, which is among the procedures necessary to establish solar energy plants, the Director General of the Legal Department, Muhammad Al-Azzawi, signed on behalf of the Iraqi side, and the General Manager of Eversheds Sutherland Company, Tawfiq Al-Tabbaa, on the Emirati side.

 The statement added, "The contract included the construction of solar power plants with a capacity of (1,000 megawatts) as a first stage, in the governorates of (Maysan 100 megawatts, Dhi Qar 450 megawatts, Nineveh 100 megawatts, and Anbar 350 megawatts)."

 The statement stressed that "the procedures for allocating land and determining the paths of transmission lines have been completed, noting that" the company has begun conducting topographic surveys of the land, evaluating the environmental and social impacts and soil investigations."

The statement sadded, "Negotiations for the energy purchase contract have reached their final stages, to start the financing procedures by the company, and to establish stations in the agreed locations."