According to the Iraqi National Water Development Strategy, hydropower should be developed as a by-product of any new reservoir. The target for the share of hydropower in the country’s energy mix is 5 percent. In Kurdistan this rises to 19 percent, 10 since 2013, Iraq neither added nor announced additional new hydropower capacities. As such, the development of hydropower, including SHP, currently
... [Show full abstract] does not represent a major priority for the country’s energy sector development, and it is not expected that many hydropower plants will be built in the future. The only recent hydropower related project is the construction of the Mosul Dam, which alas is facing some potentially devastating structural problems. The project is financed by the World Bank.