Electricity: the first phase of the Jordanian interconnection is about to enter service

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[size=52]Electricity: the first phase of the Jordanian interconnection is about to enter service[/size]

[size=45]Baghdad / Firas Adnan[/size]
[size=45]The Ministry of Electricity reported that the first phase of the connection with Jordan entered the implementation phase at the end of this month, and talked about the expansion of these projects to reach Egypt.[/size]
[size=45]This comes at a time when observers confirmed that Iraq has spent about $224 billion since 2003 on the electricity file.[/size]
[size=45]Ministry spokesman Ahmed Musa said, "Iraq is working to diversify energy sources, and among its plans is to reduce dependence on gas and fossil fuels."[/size]
[size=45]Moussa added, “In the face of this, the government tended to invest in national gas for the benefit of power stations and benefit from it.”[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, "The ministry went to contract the establishment of solar energy stations and electrical connection projects with the Gulf Interconnection Authority, with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and with Turkey."[/size]
[size=45]Moussa noted, "The electrical interconnection project with Jordan will be about to enter the first phase at the end of this month, and the regions of Anbar Governorate will benefit from it, especially al-Rutba."[/size]
[size=45]And he stated, “The Al-Qaim and Al-Rutba stations will be linked with the Risha station inside Jordanian territory, and the first stage of energy transit will be through this connection.”[/size]
[size=45]Musa continues, “Al-Rutba, Al-Qaim, Hit, Anah, and Akashat, these are areas whose infrastructure was destroyed when the terrorist organization ISIS took control of them after 2014.”[/size]
[size=45]And he added, "This connection will achieve an increase in processing hours for these areas, and it will also be a reason for the stability and reliability of the electrical network."[/size]
[size=45]Moussa concluded, "Stages will successively follow the first stage, and the connection will reach Egypt, with the Iraqi-Jordanian-Egyptian simultaneous connection."[/size]
[size=45]And MP Mudar Al-Karwi asserts that “the current electricity crisis is only a result of the accumulation of continuous errors after 2003 due to poor planning.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Karawi added, "The energy file faces a number of challenges directly, most notably the total dependence on imported gas in operating a large part of the stations, despite the presence of Iraqi gas fields with huge reserves."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out, “The financial cost of importing gas and electricity for a year is sufficient to invest in the Mansouriya fields, which are the largest in the country in terms of reserves and are capable of operating its stations for at least 20 years, which reveals strategic mistakes in managing this file.”[/size]
[size=45]And Al-Karwi concluded, “Iraq made a big mistake by relying on importing gas 16 years ago without conducting any review that pushes towards accelerating the pace of investing its gas from oil or gas fields, despite the abundance of money in several years.”[/size]
[size=45]For his part, economic researcher Nasser al-Kinani said, "Iraq still relies on the Iranian side to obtain large amounts of electricity."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kinani continued, "These quantities do not reach Iraq in full, because there are losses that go to waste through the delivery system."[/size]
[size=45]He pointed out that "electricity in Iraq suffers from many problems, one of which is the issue of import losses, in addition to other problems in generation, gas operating stations, distribution and transportation."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kinani said, "Iraq needs at least 35,000 megawatts, but what is being talked about now is 23,000 megawatts being produced, but the reality indicates that the actual production did not exceed 18,000 megawatts."[/size]
[size=45]And he reported, "The government says that Iraq has spent 84 billion dollars on electricity, which includes transmission, distribution and production, in addition to this year, about two billion dollars were spent, so the figure becomes 86 billion dollars."[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kinani stressed, "Iraq annually imports oil derivatives worth 7 billion dollars, three of which are for electricity, and this means that over the past years we have spent about 20 billion dollars for derivatives on the electricity sector."[/size]
[size=45]And he continues, “Spending on the private generators sector reached 108 trillion dinars,” stressing that “the sum of these numbers shows that the total that Iraq spent on electricity amounts to 224 billion dollars.”[/size]
[size=45]Al-Kinani went on to say, "The biggest problem is related to rampant corruption in electricity since 2003, and this was evident through sabotage incidents, fires, and the stations' outages."[/size]
[size=45]The electric power file has been suffering from major problems since 2003, and despite spending large sums on this sector, the situation has not improved and Iraqis are still suffering from it, especially during the summer.[/size]
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