Iraq Energy Forum 2018

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1 Iraq Energy Form 2018 Regional Models for Iraq Renewable development Martin Healy U.S. Department of State

2 What s the Challenge? Finding reliable, cost effective, and realistic renewable soltions for Iraq domestic power generation

3 Roadmap to Iraq s Solar Potential What the crrent power sitation? Why Solar as a soltion Possible regional solar power models at a glance Need for solar specific laws and reglations What s next? U.S. commitment

4 Domestic Generation Dominated by Hydrocarbons Crrent Sitation Power gap significant Natral gas power plants dominate Steam power plants mainly generated by fel oil and crde Diesel generators cover otage periods Arond 6% power imported Hydro only real renewable Objective: Optimize, monetize fossil resorces while closing power gap Sorce: UNDP report 2017

5 ..Meanwhile solar power now competitive Plmmeting costs now make solar a viable option hors of sn per year Availability of land near cities Pressing need to monetize or rationalize hydrocarbons Solar offers different soltions to fit diverse sitations and load demand

6 Regional innovations offer soltions Integrated Solar Combined Cycle (ISCC) plants: Morocco, Sadi Arabia Solar Oilfield Projects: Oman Concentrating Solar Power Tower: Morocco Minigrids and Distribted Photovoltaics: UAE Policy Framework: Jordan

7 Solar thermal and gas-fired plants Integrated Solar Combined Cycle combines fast start capabilities of gas with intermittency of solar Both technologies tilize the same steam trbine and other eqipment Existing plants can be retrofitted Solar sally constittes p to abot 10% of total capacity New gas to power plan may stimlate new gas-fired investment Ain Beni Mathar Integrated Thermo Solar Combined Cycle Power Plant, Morocco 472 MWe (20 MW Solar)

8 Solar thermal and oil installations Glasspoint, USA 1 GW Miraah project in Oman An Oil field Soltion Enhanced Oil Recovery generates steam to extract more oil Provides extra power for facilities Oil installations consme energy eqal to abot ten percent of its own prodction Helps redce operating expenses while ctting greenhose gas emissions Greenhose strctre creates more heat, protects solar mirrors

9 Different demand peaks, different soltions

10 Utility scale Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) Winter peak load, mainly in the north, between 6-9pm CSP soltions prodce steam to generate power Power tower salt offers storage soltions at competitive cost Alternative is more common troghbased CSP Noor III 510 MW Noor CSP Complex at Oarzazate, Morocco

11 Distribted solar PV an opportnity Grid coverage widespread, bt otages average abot 7 hors Abot 90% of hoseholds rely on private diesel generators Peak smmer periods 12-4pm, at the hottest times PV offers cost effective residential and commercial soltions UNDC PV trials nderway

12 minigrids cold be a soltion Distribted network that spplies electricity to a localized grop of cstomers Can operate connected and disconnected from the grid Cstomers can negotiate contract and payment directly with provider Solar power can save p to 50% of diesel fel consmption Hybrid diesel-solar minigrids more reliable than single sorce May improve local governance; proven job generator PV-Diesel Hybrid Minigrid In Lake Victoria, Tanzania

13 Tning policy is critical Crrent Incentives for RE projects inclde: land lease for projects that cost only 2% of estimated annal lease retrn tax exemptions for the first 10 years import dty exemptions for renewable energy eqipment UNDP helping to develop: PV Grid code and grid integration isses Financial incentive schemes Federal and regional reglations

14 International actions cold help

15 What s next? IRENA Renewable Readiness mapping exercise UNDP finalizes needed policy and reglations Gas to power plan investment plan considered Additional solar power sites identified Potential international actions to find the right price points

16 U.S. Commitment Flly spport increasing oil prodction and diversifying revene streams Ensre the energy secrity of or allies and partners Seek opportnities to bring or world class technologies and techniqes to maximize the vale of Iraq s energy resorces Help create jobs and opportnity in the region

17 Thank yo