New solar park to ease Iraqi governorate's power shortage - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Joe Snell

Joe Snell

Feb 20, 2020

The governor of Duhok, Farhad Atrushi, signs a letter of agreement with the United Nations Development Programme to set up the district’s first solar energy park, Erbil, Iraq. — Mohsin Khalil Mohammed/UNDP Iraq/2020

A municipal worker is lowered after adjusting a solar panel attached to the top of an electricity pylon along the central isle of a main road in Karada district, Baghdad, Iraq, May 24 2008.

Iraq opts for clean energy in ambitious energy reform program

Salam Zidane

A military marching band plays outside during the first provincial council elections in a decade, at a polling station in the central city of Najaf, on December 18, 2023. The vote comes at a time of widespread disillusionment among the country's 43 million inhabitants, with endemic corruption eating away at the oil-rich nation. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP) (Photo by QASSEM AL-KAABI/AFP via Getty Images)

2023 in review: Iraq's pro-Iran factions make gains, but so do Sunni groups

Suadad al-Salhy

Suadad al-Salhy

In Baghdad, reporting on politics and security

Motorists plough their vehicles through flooded streets after a winter storm hit the Israeli coastal city of Tel Aviv, on January 25, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / - / Israel OUT (Photo credit should read -/AFP via Getty Images)

Netanyahu sets new climate, renewable energy targets for Israel

Rina Bassist

In Paris, reporting on Israeli politics and European affairs

Men wearing thawbs walk past a billboard promoting the transition to renewable energies at the UNFCCC COP28 Climate Conference the day before its official opening on November 29, 2023 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The COP28 is bringing together stakeholders, including international heads of state and other leaders, scientists, environmentalists, indigenous peoples representatives, activists and others to discuss and agree on the implementation of global measures towards mitigating the effects of climate c

GCC’s renewable energy push pays off with Qatar, UAE taking lead

Vanessa Ghanem

In Dubai, reporting on business, energy and politics