Iraqi Kurdistan's first solar plant helps with power outages, boosts agriculture - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Adam Lucente

Adam Lucente

May 24, 2023

Workers install electric wires for Iraqi refugees as they set up a new part of the Khazir refugee camp near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski Kalak, 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, Nov. 21, 2016. — Workers install electric wires for Iraqi refugees as they set up a new part of the Khazir refugee camp near the Kurdish checkpoint of Aski Kalak, 40 kilometers (25 miles) west of Erbil, Iraqi Kurdistan, Nov. 21, 2016. — THOMAS COEX/AFP via Getty Images

Basra Oil Company's Director General Bassem Abdul Karim (R).

In Iraq and Algeria, TotalEnergies signs major deals

Adam Lucente

In New York City, reporting on regional news, militancy, climate change

Solar panels are helping Syrian farmers irrigate their crops despite electricity shortages and drought

Farmers turn to solar power in Syria's former breadbasket

Agence France-Presse

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

Dukan Dam and reservoir in Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraqi Kurd farmers battle drought as Lake Dukan retreats

Agence France-Presse