Abu Dhabi’s Masdar to develop five solar projects in Iraq

Abu Dhabi’s Masdar to develop five solar projects in Iraq

ABU DHABI - Masdar today announced that it signed a strategic agreement with the Republic of Iraq to develop five solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in the country with a combined capacity of 1 gigawatt (GW). Masdar has signed an implementation agreement with Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity and the National Investment Commission to develop the following projects: a 450-megwatt (MW) plant in the Dhi Qar Governate in southern Iraq; a 100 MW and a 250 MW plant, both located in Ramadi in central Iraq; a 100 MW plant in Mosul in the north; and a 100 MW plant in Amarah in the southeast. The signing took place at a ceremony in Baghdad, in the presence of Mustafa Al Kadhimi, Prime Minister of the Republic of Iraq, Suhail Al Mazroui, Minister of Energy and Infrastructure for the UAE, Ihsan Ismaael, Oil Minister for Iraq, and Adel Karim, Minister of Electricity for Iraq, Salem Issa Qattam Al Zaabi, the UAE ambassador to Iraq and senior executives from Masdar. The agreement was signed by Suha Al-Najar, President of the National Investment Commission for the Republic of Iraq, Maha Hamoudi Abdul-Jabbar the Director General of the Investments and Contracts Department at the Ministry of Electricity,