Iraq plans to build its first green Hydrogen plant.
The Hydrogen power plant that Iraq’s Minister of oil is building is to produce 800 tons of green energy annually.
- He stated that the Ministry of oil has prepared a draft for renewable energy law and is already waiting for approval by the parliament.
- Iraq is also planning to build a 130-megawatt solar power plant in south Iraq in addition to the Hydrogen plant.
Hayan Abdel Ghani, Iraq’s oil minister said that Iraq is planning to build its first green Hydrogen plant with a production capacity of 800 tons per year, “as part of a post war strategy to gradually switch to renewable energy” he added.
During his participation in the ninth Iraq International Energy Exhibition and Conference (IEE), Abdul-Ghani said that the government has begun the first tender to implement carbon conservation projects to reduce gas flaring in Baghdad’s eastern field, which has a capacity of 12 million cubic feet.
He also said in an energy conference in Baghdad on Monday that the project is planned to be set up in south Iraq and it includes a 130-megawatts solar power plant in addition to the hydrogen plant.
“The Oil Ministry has started taking steps to build a green hydrogen plant to be owned by the South Refineries Company,” he informed Iraqi publications.
The oil minister stated that his Ministry has prepared a draft for renewable energy law and sent it to the Iraqi parliament for approval.
Green hydrogen is created by electrolyzing water molecules to separate them into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable energy sources like solar or wind power, has a large potential for production in Iraq.
The country is rich in renewable energy resources especially solar and wind energy, projects may be developed due to the windy and solar filled region, current plans are being set to secure Iraq to be more dependent on green energy.
