[size=36]Anxiety in Europe and a chronic reality in Iraq.. Energy rationing tops global crises[/size]
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Baghdad - Mawazine News
Energy rationing that worries Europe this winter is a normal thing for Muhammad Jabr, who has been living with it for decades... In his country, Iraq, whose infrastructure has been exhausted by wars, private generators are a vital component of life.
For more than 20 years, the sight of electric generators on city roads and streets has been an integral part of daily life. It is an essential source to compensate for the continuous power cuts that government stations are unable to provide. The hours of power outage may range from four to ten hours during the height of the summer, as the Ministry of Electricity acknowledges.
"Without generators, all of Iraq goes out," said retired Jabr, 62, speaking from his small apartment in the poor neighborhood of Sadr City.
The man, who worked as an accountant in a government institution and paid a generator subscription of 75,000 dinars (about $50) per month, added that "the generator gives us electricity for the TV, refrigerator and air conditioner."
Energy rationing has reached Europe. This appeared in new vocabulary that entered the words of the leaders of European countries and the European media, while the prices of energy and electricity rose in an unprecedented way after the flow of Russian gas stopped as a result of the war in Ukraine.
Several countries have resorted to measures, including reducing the lighting of public buildings, and some universities have extended their closure period in the winter, and residents have been called to reduce or postpone the operation of heaters and reduce the use of lighting and kitchen appliances, especially during the morning and evening peak hours.
For the 42 million Iraqis, rationing electricity is part of their daily lives, even though their country is among the world's richest in oil, but has been plagued for decades by conflict and corruption.
The rationing is related to the level of energy provided by private generators, as it is usually not enough to run all household appliances. Khaled al-Shiblawy, who has been working for 13 years in operating generators that today provide electricity to 170 homes in Sadr City, says that it depends on "the size of the subscription...Some of them turn off the refrigerator, for example, or something else to keep the air conditioner on, or vice versa...".
"Darkness" - Gabr
does not care much that the lights on the Eiffel Tower will be turned off at 11:45 pm instead of one after midnight, nor that the Christmas lights on the Champs Elysees will be cut off at 11:45 pm after they were turned off at 2 am every year During the year-end holidays.
"It is normal, in our areas, if an area becomes extinguished, it remains for a day and two days if there is a fault, until it is repaired," he says.
He recalls what it was like after the invasion of Iraq by the international coalition to overthrow Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, saying, "Houses were drowning in darkness," as the infrastructure, including electricity stations, was almost completely destroyed during the military operations.
At the time, "the houses were dark, and the electricity came for a little two or three hours" a day, he recounts, adding that people used to buy "small generators that fill with gasoline and turn them on for a day or two."
Currently, with the advent of autumn, the hours of rationing electric power in the country are declining, compared to the long summer months in which temperatures exceed fifty degrees Celsius, and the pressure on private generators is strong, and with it the value of the monthly tariff rises.
Many Iraqi provinces were deprived of electricity during the summer of 2021, and sporadic protests broke out in the country as a result.
To face the energy shortage, the Iraqi authorities, which rely heavily on electricity and gas to operate their plants, are trying to diversify their sources and increase production.
- "They will go back" - Iraq is currently
producing more than 24,000 megawatts per day, according to Electricity Ministry spokesman Ahmed Musa, adding that "this is an unprecedented number."
At the same time, he points out that in order to avoid rationing, more than 32 thousand megawatts must be secured.
Until Iraq can achieve this, the periods of providing electricity during the summer period range "between 14 hours, 16 hours, or 20 hours a day," according to Moussa.
On a street in Sadr City, large private generators are scattered everywhere, sticking together, covered with used metal sheets, and out of which electric wires are attached to poles, one of which supplies power to 300 homes and 300 shops.
Ali al-Araji, 58, the founder of a private school, says, "As a school, we have a generator and we buy fuel at fantastic amounts, exorbitant amounts" of up to "about 600 dollars a month."
"Electricity is an eternal problem for the Iraqis," he adds with a sigh, blaming the "American occupation" of responsibility.
On the impact of the energy crisis on Europe, he says, "We have endured more than 30 years."
He adds, "Energy is the source of economic recovery. Currently, Europe has been shaken." He believes that the matter "will affect their economy, industry and trade, and they will take steps back." Ended 29 / h
Energy rationing that worries Europe this winter is a normal thing for Muhammad Jabr, who has been living with it for decades... In his country, Iraq, whose infrastructure has been exhausted by wars, private generators are a vital component of life.
For more than 20 years, the sight of electric generators on city roads and streets has been an integral part of daily life. It is an essential source to compensate for the continuous power cuts that government stations are unable to provide. The hours of power outage may range from four to ten hours during the height of the summer, as the Ministry of Electricity acknowledges.
"Without generators, all of Iraq goes out," said retired Jabr, 62, speaking from his small apartment in the poor neighborhood of Sadr City.
The man, who worked as an accountant in a government institution and paid a generator subscription of 75,000 dinars (about $50) per month, added that "the generator gives us electricity for the TV, refrigerator and air conditioner."
Energy rationing has reached Europe. This appeared in new vocabulary that entered the words of the leaders of European countries and the European media, while the prices of energy and electricity rose in an unprecedented way after the flow of Russian gas stopped as a result of the war in Ukraine.
Several countries have resorted to measures, including reducing the lighting of public buildings, and some universities have extended their closure period in the winter, and residents have been called to reduce or postpone the operation of heaters and reduce the use of lighting and kitchen appliances, especially during the morning and evening peak hours.
For the 42 million Iraqis, rationing electricity is part of their daily lives, even though their country is among the world's richest in oil, but has been plagued for decades by conflict and corruption.
The rationing is related to the level of energy provided by private generators, as it is usually not enough to run all household appliances. Khaled al-Shiblawy, who has been working for 13 years in operating generators that today provide electricity to 170 homes in Sadr City, says that it depends on "the size of the subscription...Some of them turn off the refrigerator, for example, or something else to keep the air conditioner on, or vice versa...".
"Darkness" - Gabr
does not care much that the lights on the Eiffel Tower will be turned off at 11:45 pm instead of one after midnight, nor that the Christmas lights on the Champs Elysees will be cut off at 11:45 pm after they were turned off at 2 am every year During the year-end holidays.
"It is normal, in our areas, if an area becomes extinguished, it remains for a day and two days if there is a fault, until it is repaired," he says.
He recalls what it was like after the invasion of Iraq by the international coalition to overthrow Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003, saying, "Houses were drowning in darkness," as the infrastructure, including electricity stations, was almost completely destroyed during the military operations.
At the time, "the houses were dark, and the electricity came for a little two or three hours" a day, he recounts, adding that people used to buy "small generators that fill with gasoline and turn them on for a day or two."
Currently, with the advent of autumn, the hours of rationing electric power in the country are declining, compared to the long summer months in which temperatures exceed fifty degrees Celsius, and the pressure on private generators is strong, and with it the value of the monthly tariff rises.
Many Iraqi provinces were deprived of electricity during the summer of 2021, and sporadic protests broke out in the country as a result.
To face the energy shortage, the Iraqi authorities, which rely heavily on electricity and gas to operate their plants, are trying to diversify their sources and increase production.
- "They will go back" - Iraq is currently
producing more than 24,000 megawatts per day, according to Electricity Ministry spokesman Ahmed Musa, adding that "this is an unprecedented number."
At the same time, he points out that in order to avoid rationing, more than 32 thousand megawatts must be secured.
Until Iraq can achieve this, the periods of providing electricity during the summer period range "between 14 hours, 16 hours, or 20 hours a day," according to Moussa.
On a street in Sadr City, large private generators are scattered everywhere, sticking together, covered with used metal sheets, and out of which electric wires are attached to poles, one of which supplies power to 300 homes and 300 shops.
Ali al-Araji, 58, the founder of a private school, says, "As a school, we have a generator and we buy fuel at fantastic amounts, exorbitant amounts" of up to "about 600 dollars a month."
"Electricity is an eternal problem for the Iraqis," he adds with a sigh, blaming the "American occupation" of responsibility.
On the impact of the energy crisis on Europe, he says, "We have endured more than 30 years."
He adds, "Energy is the source of economic recovery. Currently, Europe has been shaken." He believes that the matter "will affect their economy, industry and trade, and they will take steps back." Ended 29 / h
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