Electricity adds 610 megawatts to the national system

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[size=52]Electricity adds 610 megawatts to the national system[/size]

[size=45]Yesterday, Sunday, the Ministry of Electricity announced the addition of 610 megawatts to the national system through the Wasit Thermal Power Station.[/size]
[size=45]The ministry stated, in a statement received by (Al-Mada), that "the engineering and technical staff at the Wasit Thermal Power Plant managed to operate the fifth generating unit after completing its annual maintenance work."[/size]
[size=45]The statement added that the unit “was connected to the national grid, with a load of 610 megawatts, in coordination with the national control.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, “The introduction of new energies to the network will contribute to increasing the rate of supplying electric current to citizens, achieving the goals set by the company’s senior management, and completing the implementation of projects according to the specified time period to serve the public interest.”[/size]
[size=45]"The ministry started early implementing the summer plan under government sponsorship, which includes a number of stages," said ministry spokesman Ahmed Musa.[/size]
[size=45]Moussa continued, “The work of the transport sector includes the installation of automatic transformers, and the ministry has also established transmission lines, and converted some of them into double circuits, to give them more discharge capacity, explaining that work in the distribution sector ensures the development of feeders, the rehabilitation of distribution networks, and the rehabilitation of the paths of these feeders.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "the summer plan, which is sponsored by the country's cabinet, seeks to achieve production of up to 24,000 megawatts," explaining that "the ministry was able to organize part of the slums and agricultural areas."[/size]
[size=45]And he called, “to keep pace with the electricity demand by having a fuel plan,” noting that “our work is linked to the Ministry of Oil, so it is not possible to proceed with supporting the electricity file without the presence of fuel.”[/size]
[size=45]Moussa added, “The ministry has informed Prime Minister Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani that the development of the electricity file depends on finding a fuel plan represented by investing in gas fields, or exploiting the associated gas by establishing stations that operate on this type of fuel.”[/size]
[size=45]And he stated, "The ministry's plan, which was discussed and voted on in the ministerial platform, is to establish stations that operate on various types of fuel, which are thermal stations, if the release of fuel, whether national or resource, lags behind."[/size]
[size=45]Moussa pointed out, "These contracts currently signed are for long-term maintenance, up to five years, for these generating units," stressing that "the ministerial curriculum has devoted great attention to the electricity file."[/size]
[size=45]He explained, "What the government is proposing is consistent with the ministry's plans to increase production, by granting appropriate powers and providing financial allocations."[/size]
[size=45]Moussa stressed, "This comes to complete the emergency plan that the ministry is working on to keep pace with the peak loads during the next summer, as well as the strategic plan that requires thermal and combined-cycle stations, linking projects with neighboring countries, and turning to solar energies."[/size]
[size=45]Moussa continues, "The government's interest in investing in gas fields is an important step in the electricity industry, in conjunction with efforts to install combined cycles that do not need fuel."[/size]
[size=45]The electricity file is one of the most important problems that Iraq has been suffering from over the past years, and despite spending 80 billion dollars, citizens still depend on private generators to provide their needs.[/size]
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