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Aswat al-Iraq has reported that a new Iranian electricity supply line has started operations, carrying 100 MW of electricity from Iran. The new line is aimed at meeting the 550 MW of power required by Wasit province. The province currently only receives less than 150 MW from Iraq’s national grid, and consequently suffers from regular […]
The Iraqi government has decided to increase the fund for importing electricity to $1.7 billion, according to a report from AKnews. Government spokesperson Ali al-Dabbagh (pictured) said the increase was made following a request from the Ministry of Electricity. (Source: AKnews)
KRG Prime Minister Nechirvan Barzani announced a strategic, tripartite energy agreement yesterday between companies from the Czech Republic, Turkey and the Kurdistan Region to build a new power plant. The agreement brings together the Czech Export Bank, Czech company PSG International, Turkey’s Renaissance Construction and KAR Group, the Kurdistan Region’s largest company, to build and […]
A new electricity line from Turkey to Mosul was inaugurated on Saturday, according to a report from AIN. The Head of the Energy and Services Department at Mosul Provincial Council, Zuhair al-Jobbery, told the agency that the cable will initially transfer 50 MW of power. After four days of test operations, the line will eventually […]
The province of Diwaniya is reportedly supplying the owners of private electric generators with free fuel for three months, in order to provide services during summer season. AIN reports that the fuel will be distributed according to the capacity of the generator, and supplies will be adjusted as required. Summer is a particularly difficult time […]
Jawad al-Bazouni, an MP for the National Alliance, has told Aswat al-Iraq that four power generators were found forgotten in storage at the Khor al Zubair port. After receiving information about them, Bazouni found them during a tour of the port. Following inspection, it was found that three of the generators entered Iraq in 2005 but […]
Iraq’s future is a 168 megawatt brighter today as the Ministry of Electricity and the Emirati firm Uruk Engineering & Contracting announced that the Taji Power Plant Project is now online and operational. The Ministry of Electricity had launched a “fast track” program for its power generation projects following the announcement; and the Taji development […]
Iraq has announced the names of foreign companies bidding to build a $1 billion, 1,500 megawatt, power plant in western Iraq, according to a report from Reuters: South Korea's Hyundai Engineering & Construction; Italy's Saipem; Greece's Metka; Turkey's Gama; and, a consortium of Turkey's Calik Enerji and Italy's Techint. The plant will consist of six units: […]
Iraq is to import 250 megawatts of electricity from the United Arab Emirates in a bid to alleviate the country's electricity shortage. Electricity Ministry Spokesperson, Musaab al-Mudarres, said the power will be supplied by UAE's Oilfield Services at a price of 7.5 cents per kilowatt-hour. According to the report from Aknews, the spokesman added that […]
Iraq's Deputy Premier with responsibility for energy affairs, Hussein Shahristani, has reportedly met the chairman of the South Korean STX Group to discuss possible cooperation in building power stations. According to the report from Aswat al-Iraq, STX has already completed a diesel power station with a capacity of 900 megawatts. A statement from Mr Shahristani's […]
More than $5m (5.8bn IQD) worth of fuel is stolen each month from the amount allocated to three Turkish barges that produce power in Basra, a government investigation has revealed. According to the report from Aknews, Iraq's Electricity Ministry announced the discovery following an ongoing investigation into fuel theft. The Inspector General of the Ministry, […]
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth around $16 million from Mass Global Investment Company for the construction of a substation and SVC Light (static var compensator) system that will supply electricity to a new melt shop and steel rolling mill in northern Iraq. The order was received in […]
