2024-02-13T11:01:02+00:00
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/ The Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Electricity and Energy Committee, Hassan Al-Asadi, said on Tuesday that providing electricity 24 hours a day without interruption in Iraq requires a production rate of 35-40 thousand megawatts continuously.
Al-Asadi explained in a statement to Agency that the Ministry of Electricity’s capacity to produce energy reached 26 thousand megawatts last summer, and it is expected to reach 28-30 thousand megawatts this summer.
Production stations in Iraq are facing a fuel constraint, as the Minister of Electricity recently confirmed that supplying production stations with fuel is the biggest challenge facing the ministry.
The Ministry of Electricity submitted its plan for next summer to the federal government in Baghdad, which included increasing the rate of energy production at higher rates than last summer, in addition to proposing a group of projects and proposals to improve the reality of energy supply in the country.
Iraq has been suffering from a chronic electricity shortage crisis for decades, due to the blockade and successive wars. For many years, residents have been protesting the frequent power outages, especially during the summer, when temperatures sometimes reach 50 degrees Celsius.
Iraq is holding talks with Gulf countries, led by Saudi Arabia, to import electricity from them, by linking its organization with the Gulf system, after it had relied on Iran alone during the past years by importing 1,200 megawatts, as well as gas fuel to feed local power stations.
Iraq also intends to import electricity from Jordan and Turkey, in an effort by Baghdad to fill the shortage, until power plants are built that are capable of meeting local consumption.