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According to a report from PV-Tech, French energy company TotalEnergies has started pilot commissioning for the initial generating unit of a large solar installation in Iraq’s Basra region. The first unit, with a capacity of 61 megawatts, is being brought online and will be increased incrementally to its full 250-megawatt output. This unit will feed power into the national grid using specific transmission lines, based on technical plans developed by the project’s teams.
The solar farm is described as the largest of its kind in Iraq and is composed of four separate 250-megawatt units. The entire facility extends over nine kilometers and will utilize two million solar panels across all four units. A senior official noted that initiating trial operations for this first unit represents a significant achievement for the company and the Iraqi Ministry, emphasizing the project’s role in broadening the country’s energy sources, especially in Basra where power needs are growing quickly.
The project was first announced several years ago and represents the second one-gigawatt solar plant TotalEnergies is constructing in Iraq. It involves a substantial investment that also covers new gas infrastructure and seawater treatment facilities. The solar initiative requires building 132-kilovolt transmission lines over a total distance of 180 kilometers, erecting a new substation, and upgrading two existing substations managed by the ministry.
TotalEnergies will also be responsible for operating and maintaining the solar farm for a quarter of a century. The electricity generated will be delivered to three secondary substations. The plant is being developed in collaboration with Iraq’s Ministry of Oil. Another state-owned energy company joined the venture as a minority partner more recently, while a separate Saudi energy firm was confirmed to be providing development assistance.
Iraq has broader ambitions for solar power, having announced a target for significant photovoltaic capacity by the end of the decade. The national investment authority has started issuing licenses for these projects, with a large portion of the planned capacity already approved by the government and processes ongoing to allocate the remainder.
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