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    Gulf interconnection.. Will it be a substitute for Iran and solve the electricity crisis in Iraq?

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    Post by Rocky Fri 23 Jun 2023, 10:54 am

    Gulf interconnection.. Will it be a substitute for Iran and solve the electricity crisis in Iraq?
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    Baghdad today - Baghdad 
    Iraq, which suffers from a chronic energy crisis, aspires to achieve stability in the supply of electricity to its citizens through the help of the Gulf interconnection project, whose first stages of completion entered into force this June, in an effort to gradually transform into one of the most important energy crossings in the region .
    Since the early nineties of the last century, Iraq has been suffering from a massive shortage of electric power after the destruction of its national network during the second Gulf War, which erupted after Iraq's occupation of Kuwait in 1990, and the subsequent economic blockade (1990-2003), during which Iraq witnessed programmed and disparate power outages. In Baghdad and the provinces, until it reached cutting off electricity for more than twenty hours per day .
    The projects to raise the production of electric power in Iraq that were established after 2003 did not succeed, but rather led to an increase in Iraq’s dependence on gas imported from Iran to meet the needs of energy projects, while the gas associated with the operations of extracting crude oil is wasted by burning it, causing losses of millions of dollars daily without achieving any results. benefit from it .
    And the spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Musa, said in a press statement that Iraq "suffers from a significant shortage in the production of electric power, as its needs at peak times reach 34,000 megawatts of energy, while Iraq currently produces only 26,000 megawatts. "
    Moussa adds that this shortage can be reduced "as soon as work begins on the Gulf interconnection project, which will provide 1,000 megawatts in the first phase." In addition to "interconnection with the Kingdom of Jordan, which provides 150 megawatts, and interconnection with Turkey, which provides 300 megawatts ."
    Gulf Connection Project
    The GCC states established the "GCC Electricity Interconnection Authority" in 2001 with the aim of establishing an electrical interconnection project between their countries to achieve stability in energy supply and reduce production costs . 
    In November 2005, a number of contracts were signed to implement the first phase of the project, which included the Kingdom of Bahrain, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait, with a value exceeding one billion US dollars, and it was commissioned in 2009 . 
    Until 2014, the United Arab Emirates and the Sultanate of Oman had joined the project .
    In September 2019, the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity concluded an agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council to establish lines to transmit electric power to Iraq from the Kuwaiti Wafra station. In February of this year, the Gulf Interconnection Authority announced that it had signed five contracts at a cost of more than $200 million with the companies executing the electrical interconnection project between the Gulf countries and Iraq .
    According to the statement that was published at the time, the project will be carried out through "constructing lines with a length of 295 km from the Al-Wafra station in Kuwait to the Al-Faw station in southern Iraq, to ​​transfer 500 megawatts as a first stage, with a total of 1800 megawatts. "
    Iraq is an energy corridor
    Iraq will achieve, through the Gulf electrical interconnection, according to the spokesperson for the Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Musa, many benefits, on top of which is "contributing to the diversification of energy sources, which is an important step to reduce dependence on fossil and gaseous fuels," in addition to that the project "achieves energy exchange at peak times in particular, The surplus energy can be returned and thus achieve a very beneficial energy exchange .”
    Mousa noted that the electrical connection with the Gulf countries "will turn Iraq in the coming years into an energy crossing between exporting countries and countries that need to import electricity, and thus it will turn into an important road in the field of energy transmission. "
    Iraq, according to the spokesman, will not be satisfied with the Gulf interconnection project, but rather "seeks to be among the countries that use clean energy, in cooperation with countries that preceded us in this field, and plans to establish stations that benefit from solar and wind energy. "
    In response to a question regarding the pricing that will be approved for the energy units, a spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity said, "Electricity prices will take into account the international pricing of energy and the price of the OPEC basket, and it will be calculated according to the time when it will start supplying Iraq with electric energy. " 
    However, he explained that the electrical connection with the Gulf countries will not be sufficient "to eliminate the need for gas imported from Iran or national gas to operate power stations. But it will be an important step of technical benefit that will reduce dependence on fossil fuels and gas and increase electricity supply hours for citizens throughout Iraq," And the exchange of energy benefits for Iraq and other countries in the future .
    Diversifying energy sources
    The economist, Salam Sumaisem, considers that the most important benefit in the Gulf electrical connection with Iraq is “diversifying the sources of electric energy and not relying on a single source of energy. Any emergency situation for that country, such as the imposition of international sanctions or others, can cause electricity to stop in Iraq, especially at peak times.” ".
    In her speech here, Sumaisem refers to Iraq's dependence on importing electricity and gas from Iran, for which it pays about five billion dollars annually, and which is subject to fluctuation or suspension, especially during the peak period in summer, when temperatures reach more than 50 degrees Celsius .
    Over the past years, Baghdad has obtained several exceptions from the United States of America from the sanctions imposed on Iran, and allowed it to pay the dues for importing Iranian gas, on which it depends to operate its power stations. Despite these exceptions, Washington has warned the Iraqi government of the need to reduce its dependence on imported gas .
    Reducing energy costs
    For his part, the economic expert, Qassem Jabbar, said in a press statement, "Linking the electrical system between Iraq and the Gulf Cooperation Council countries would achieve many short and long-term goals. On the one hand, it strengthens relations between Iraq and its Gulf surroundings, which have suffered a major blow since Iraq's invasion of Kuwait." in the nineties of the last century .
    According to Jabbar, the electrical connection will achieve "a reduction in the costs of producing electric power, on which Iraq spends huge amounts of money annually in vain. "
    The benefits, according to the economist, "will not be for the Iraqi government only. The stability of supplying Iraq with electricity would reduce the burden on the shoulders of the Iraqi citizen, who resorts to subscribing to generators belonging to the private sector to compensate for the shortage in national electricity, and pays large sums for that. "
    Jabbar adds that this project can achieve "security stability in Iraq, which is witnessing at the height of summer widespread mass unrest due to the instability of the electric current and the increase in outages ."
    In their daily lives, Iraqis depend on private generators, which were used as an alternative to national electric power after 2003. They are spread across all governorates of Iraq and provide homes with electric current through single wires distributed from the place where the generator is installed towards the homes of citizens, which has led to a rise in The percentage of what Iraqis spend on buying electricity is large, especially in the summer period .
    Does Iraq solve the electricity crisis?
    A member of the Parliamentary Electricity and Energy Committee, Walid al-Sahlani, said in a press statement that Iraq "is on the verge of solving most of the electrical energy problems during the next two years, with its tendency to obtain energy from various sources, and by investing in renewable energy, which will significantly contribute to solving the electricity crisis. "
    The Ministry of Electricity announced that it had signed a number of contracts with international companies to establish solar power plants, with the aim of producing more than 12,000 megawatts, relying on renewable energy .
    However, Al-Sahlani indicated that there are "technical problems in the transmission and distribution sectors that require a serious stand by the government, to address the electricity crisis, especially in central and southern Iraq, which suffers during the summer period from a decline in processing hours. "
    And stresses the need to "find quick solutions to solve the electricity crisis, because it has become a crucial issue related to the aspirations and stability of the Iraqis."
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