A teacher from the Department of Materials Engineering participates in the introductory meeting on energy transformation for the United Nations Development Organization
The lecturer participated in the Department of Materials Engineering at the University of Technology, Dr. Abeer Farouk at the preliminary meeting on energy transition in Iraq under the auspices of the United Nations Development and in cooperation with the Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, which was held at the Baghdad Hotel under the auspices of the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and in the presence of Dr. Jassim Al-Falahi, Head of the National Initiative for Renewable Energies and Dr. Ihsan Shamran Al-Yasiri, Consultant to the Central Bank, and experts from the Arab Republic of Egypt from the Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE) and NGO.
The meeting dealt with facilitating the energy transition in Iraq by reducing emissions and developing a clear plan for implementing renewable energies policy tools through the electricity sector by expanding reliance on renewable energy solutions and energy efficiency, improving the quality of electricity services and modernizing the electricity network at various levels, including generation, transmission and distribution of electricity.
In the same context, a consultative workshop was held to build capacities in the field of training for a model on solar photovoltaic energy systems for Iraq under the supervision of the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity.
The energy transition phase was discussed, including the challenges and opportunities for implementing the Nationally Determined Contributions, while exploring future opportunities for renewable energy and energy efficiency, demonstrating the best practices of the energy transition, providing case studies available regionally and globally on modeling the energy transition and its benefits, and reviewing current policies related to energy, nationally determined contributions and climate change in Iraq at both the national and interim levels and identify the types of policies and their levels of application in Iraq, and assess the contribution of long-term energy scenarios to the NDC targets. As well as assessing the relevant and currently applied laws, and reforming the necessary policies to achieve optimal results, as well as assessing the macroeconomic and social effects of future developments to choose the most effective frameworks for them, and assessing the main obstacles in energy distribution and increasing renewable energy sources from the network capacity and the implications of implementing the nationally determined contributions on Network operation and identification of needs to accommodate the growth of renewable energy in Iraq.
