Iraq, Kuwait Unveil Plans for New Hydrogen and Solar Projects

Iraq and Kuwait are planning new projects to boost renewable energy focused on solar and hydrogen, senior officials from the oil-rich producer countries said Feb. 20.

Kuwait is developing a low-carbon strategy that will ease its transition through to 2035 on a “continuous basis”, its oil minister Mohammad Alfares told the International Petroleum Technology Conference in Riyadh.

The northern Gulf state is considering a pilot project in “blue and green hydrogen technology”, Alfares said.

“It is under study and to be piloted shortly,” he added.

Kuwait also plans to develop a 2 GW wind and solar project, which will be tendered by the Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects.

Meanwhile, Iraq is also considering the strategic adoption of renewable energy as a way to wean itself off of Iranian imports of gas and power, its oil minister Ihsan Ismail told IPTC.

“Keeping the power generation dependent on hydrocarbons is costly for Iraq,” Ismail said.

(IEEFA.org, February 22, 2022)

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