Highlights Kuwait considering blue and green hydrogen pilot Iraq to provide sovereign guarantee for solar projects Baghdad working on long-term technical contract with Acwa Power Iraq and Kuwait are planning new projects to boost renewable energy focused on solar and hydrogen, senior officials from the oil-rich producer countries said Feb. 20.
Kuwait is developing a low-carbon strategy that will ease its transition through to 2035 on a “continuous basis”, its oil minister Mohammad Alfares told the International Petroleum Technology Conference in Riyadh. The northern Gulf state is considering a pilot project in “blue and green hydrogen technology”, Alfares said. “It is under study and to be piloted shortly,” he added. Kuwait also plans to develop a 2 GW wind and solar project, which will be tendered by the Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects. Meanwhile, Iraq […]