Situated on the bank of the Tigris in southern Iraq's Wassit province, the Chinese-built power plant has stabilized Iraq's electricity supply amid the extreme heat of summer and continued crises of the COVID-19 pandemic. Wassit Thermal Power Plant, constructed and operated by Shanghai Electric Group, is the largest thermal power plant in Iraq. It has become the backbone of the power supply to Baghdad, the Iraqi capital, generating approximately 20 percent of the power of Iraq's. Currently, 310 Chinese personnels are engaged in the project site. As of Sept. 15, the power plant has produced 10.06 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity this year and played an important role in the recovery of Iraq's economy.
