On farmland and on rooftops, Iraqis turn to solar as power grid falters

MOSUL: Weary of paying big bills for power supplies that are often cut off, wheat grower Abdallah Al-Ali is among the rising number of farmers to have turned to solar panels to keep their irrigation systems running during the searing heat of the Iraqi summer.
A member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, and one of the world’s leading oil producers, Iraq has struggled to provide its citizens with energy since the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.



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