Iraq agrees with the World Bank to allocate $18.5 million for clean energy.
Iraq agrees with the World Bank to allocate $18.5 million for clean energy.
3-28-2025
Information/Baghdad..
The Ministry of Environment confirmed on Friday an agreement with the World Bank to allocate $18.5 million to improve the electricity transmission and distribution sectors.
Ministry of Environment spokesman Louay al-Mukhtar said, “Some of the projects announced by the Ministry of Electricity have important environmental aspects and positive environmental impacts. One of these projects is solar power plants, which are clean and renewable energy sources.” He noted that “there are concerns regarding waste panels and batteries after many years, but there are also mechanisms for managing this waste.”
Al-Mukhtar explained that: “There are two important aspects in the transmission and distribution sectors. The first is the risk of damage caused by high-voltage electrical power transmission cables and their transformers. There must be standard distances between them and buildings and streets for the safety of people, residents and workers. The other aspect relates to the cooling oils of transformers in the transmission and distribution sectors. We have a major project with the World Bank through which a special agreement will be signed for a grant worth $18.5 million provided by the Global Environment Facility and the Recovery and Reconstruction Fund for a period of five years. This will take place immediately after Eid al-Fitr.”
He pointed out that “the entire transportation and energy sector will be evaluated in terms of transformers, used oils, and even transformers in warehouses, maintenance workshops, and elsewhere. If oils containing persistent organic pollutants that were used in the 1980s and 1970s and are banned worldwide are found, a quantity of no less than 3,000 tons will be destroyed, in addition to contaminated equipment and devices.”
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