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Iraq’s Kirkuk province resumed power supplies to the national grid on Friday, after a deal that ended a dispute this week over the provision of electricity. The oil-rich northern province that produces more electricity than it is allocated, announced on Monday that it would stop supplying power to the national network, a decision it implemented […]
According to a report from AFP, Iraq's northern Kirkuk province said it had stopped supplying electricity to the national grid on Tuesday, in a bold move to force the central government's hand in a dispute over power rationing. "Kirkuk province has decided to cut the power going out from its electricity stations to other provinces […]
The chairman of Wasit [Wassit] council’s media department has said that the council has called on its citizens not to pay their electricity bills because they are too high. The economic commission in the federal Council of Ministers directed the ministry of electricity last year to gradually increase the cost of consumer electricity in order […]
The Ministry of Electricity in Baghdad, in cooperation with consulting firm Parsons Brinckerhoff (PB), will present Iraq’s Long Term Electricity Master Plan at a 2-day conference in Istanbul on 1st and 2nd February, 2011. The 2010 – 2030 Long Term Master Plan, prepared by joint teams from Parsons Brinckerhoff and the Ministry of Electricity's Planning […]
Iraq's Ministry of Electricity has today issued a tender for the supply of 132KV cables. Please click here to download details (in Arabic only). The closing date for the receipt of bids is 26th January.
Iraq plans to almost triple power generation capacity to 17,000 MW by 2013, mostly through building new plants, Masaab Serri, an Electricity Ministry spokesman, told Bloomberg. Iraq plans to invite bids later this year for the construction of three power plants to boost output by 1,500 megawatts, he said on Tuesday. One plant is to […]
Due to US sanctions, Iraq has been unable to pay Iran millions of dollars owed for electricity, an Iraqi official said, potentially damaging its efforts to supply enough power to a population suffering chronic shortages. According to the report from Reuters, Adel Mahdi, an adviser to the electricity ministry, said on Wednesday that Iraq imports […]
Iraq signed deals worth $52 million with France's Schneider Electric and Areva to build 15 power distribution stations in the southern oil hub of Basra, the province's deputy governor, Ahmed Hameed, said on Sunday. Schneider Electric, has won a $29 million contract to build eight distribution stations, while Areva was awarded a $23 million deal […]
The Kurdistan Region’s director for electric power generation said a new 125MW electricity power plant will get underway in Dohuk province in the next few days. Diyar Baban told AKnews that he expects it to “considerably” reduce the Region’s power deficiency. Kurdistan demands 2,200 MW whereas currently all its plants can output nearly half of […]
Iraq's Ministry for Electricity has confirmed the extension of bidding by international companies to invest in four electricity stations for an additional 40 days. The Ministry's press officer, Musaab al-Mudarris, said that the ministry will study offers in order to choose the best of them to install stations in four areas: "Basra, Amara, Simawa, and […]
Members of Parliament from Iraq’s al-Ahrar (Liberals) Bloc has demanded that the Parliament holds a special session to discuss the problem of electrical power, according to a statement carried by Aswat al-Iraq. “We demand the Parliament’s chairmanship to add the issue of the electric power on the schedule of the Parliament for next session, in […]
As we predicted in our report last week, Iraq's acting Electricity Minister, Hussain al-Shahristani, asked investors on Saturday to compete to build four new power plants to help the country meet it increasing electricity demands. According to Bloomberg, the Minister promised a healthy profit for the winners. At a meeting of 33 local and international […]
