In an emergency meeting on the electricity crisis.. Al-Sudani directs to find alternatives to Irania

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[size=52]In an emergency meeting on the electricity crisis.. Al-Sudani directs to find alternatives to Iranian gas[/size]

[size=45]Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani directed in an emergency meeting held today, Monday, to find alternatives to face the Iranian gas shortage.[/size]
[size=45]This was mentioned in a statement by the Prime Minister’s Office, indicating that Al-Sudani’s meetings are to follow up on the reality of electric power production, and to develop solutions to the emergency crisis in the national grid supply, as he chaired this evening, Monday, a meeting that included advanced cadres in the Ministries of Electricity and Oil, and a number of advisors.[/size]
[size=45]The statement added; The meeting witnessed a review of the measures taken to find alternative and quick solutions to confront the crisis of the interruption of imported Iranian gas.[/size]
[size=45]The Prime Minister affirmed that the current government, since assuming responsibility, has diagnosed the real causes of the electricity crisis, and has worked to develop solutions at three levels; Immediate, medium and long-term solutions, as the immediate solutions represented the completion of maintenance projects, the completion of stations, the activation of cooling systems, and the implementation of projects to remove bottlenecks related to the distribution of electric power.[/size]
[size=45]And he indicated that the measures taken by the government culminated in bringing the production of electric power to 26,000 megawatts, which is the highest production in the country’s history, but the stability of this production was dependent on the condition of the continuation of Iranian gas, stressing that the US sanctions and the failure to adhere to the gas dues payment mechanism agreed upon in 2018 caused By reducing the supply of Iranian gas to more than half, which negatively affected the national production system.[/size]
[size=45]Al-Sudani stressed that the government is proceeding with its medium plans represented in implementing the contracts concluded with Total, as well as the fifth round licensing contracts that will contribute to finding alternatives to imported gas.[/size]
[size=45]The Prime Minister directed to work on achieving alternatives and quick solutions and to discuss providing private generators with fuel for free or at nominal prices, while continuing the efforts that the government had begun to import gas from Turkmenistan and Qatar.[/size]
[size=45]He also directed the Ministry of Oil to settle the remaining licenses of the fifth round, and to work with international companies to develop energy fields, and stressed the importance of accelerating the Ministry of Electricity to proceed with investing in generation and production plants, and to work urgently on solar energy generation projects, according to the statement.[/size]
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