Iraq to generate electricity from waste recycling
Waste materials prepared to be processed to generate electricity. Photo: BioEnergy Consult
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Minister of Electricity, Ziyad Ali Fadel, confirmed on Monday that the government is intending to take advantage of waste recycling to produce energy, according to a statement cited by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
The Electricity Ministry mentioned in a statement that Fadel chaired a meeting to discuss possible ways to diversify energy sources in accordance with the directions of the Iraqi government and to use waste recycling to generate electricity.
The Electricity Minister emphasized that the government’s directions aim to reduce dependence on gas and fossil fuels to produce energy and to move towards clean, renewable and solar energies not only to produce energy, but also to reduce emissions, limit global warming, and reduce negative impacts on the environment.
Fadel elaborated that the ministry is studying technical offers to generate energy from waste recycling and coordinating with several governorates and municipalities to build the required facilities to produce electricity from waste recycling.
The Iraqi minister added that the Ministry of Electricity has been working on diversifying sources of energy through electrical interconnection, wind energy and solar energy projects.