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    Iranian gas and bitter cold exacerbate Iraq's electricity crisis

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    Iranian gas and bitter cold exacerbate Iraq's electricity crisis Empty Iranian gas and bitter cold exacerbate Iraq's electricity crisis

    Post by Rocky Sun 08 Dec 2024, 5:06 am

    Iranian gas and bitter cold exacerbate Iraq's electricity crisis

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    Economy News - Baghdad
    [rtl]Iraq has witnessed widespread power outages in the past few days, as the halt in natural gas supplies from Iran and the decline in local gas production have led to the shutdown of many power plants, especially in the capital, Baghdad.[/rtl]
    [rtl]This crisis has aroused the ire of the Iraqi public opinion, which has led to widespread interaction on social media platforms. This crisis has reached religious platforms, where preacher and imam Hadi Al-Dinnawi, during the Friday sermon at the Kufa Mosque on December 6, 2024, raised questions about the suffering of citizens from power outages, calling for the need to find urgent solutions to this intractable problem.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Complete absence of Iranian gas[/rtl]
    [rtl]The official spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Musa, confirmed that a complete interruption of Iranian gas supplies amounting to 50 million cubic meters per day has caused a complete shutdown of several power generation stations in Iraq, especially in the capital, Baghdad.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Iraq relies heavily on Iranian gas to power its power plants, especially in the south, making the country vulnerable to any fluctuations in gas supplies from Iran.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Musa explained that these quantities of gas were feeding vital stations such as the Bismayah station (south of Baghdad), which was producing 3,500 megawatts of electricity before it stopped completely, the Sadr station in Baghdad, which was producing 560 megawatts, and the Mansouriya station (east of Diyala Governorate), which was producing 770 megawatts.[/rtl]
    [rtl]He pointed out that the decrease in the production of the Mosul Dam station, which is considered one of the largest hydroelectric power stations in Iraq, to ​​375 megawatts instead of its maximum production capacity of 755 megawatts, is due to the lack of water.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Musa stressed that this severe electricity crisis is mainly caused by the shortage of fuel, especially Iranian gas, noting that Iraq has a contract with Iran to supply gas daily for 5 years, but Iran has not committed to delivering the agreed quantities.[/rtl]
    [rtl]He added that Iraq suffers from a shortage of national gas, which is not enough to meet the needs of power stations, adding that the government is working to develop national gas production, but this process takes a long time until the licensing rounds are completed after 3 years.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Mousa pointed out that citizens are suffering from long power outages due to this crisis, and that the Ministry of Electricity is making great efforts to secure the fuel needed to operate the stations, but it faces major challenges due to the current circumstances.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Many reasons[/rtl]
    [rtl]Energy and electricity expert Abbas Al-Shatri reiterated that the US sanctions imposed on Iran and the severe cold weather that the country is experiencing have caused the current electricity crisis in Iraq, as a result of the interruption of Iranian gas supplies.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Al-Shatri explained in an interview with Al Jazeera Net that the production of electrical energy in Iraq reached 27 thousand megawatts, which is equivalent to 6 times the production in 2003, which was 4300 megawatts, indicating that the shift to using gas as fuel in stations has faced major challenges, especially with Iraq’s reliance on this strategy to meet the increasing demand for energy.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Al-Shatri explained that the heavy reliance on gas as a primary fuel in these stations has increased the complexity of the problem, as increasing the production of electrical energy and delivering it to citizens requires the continuity of obtaining gas, noting that Iraq faces difficulties in concluding long-term contracts to purchase gas from other countries such as Qatar and Russia, which forces it to rely on Iranian gas that is imported under an American exemption from sanctions in an amount of 120 megawatts.[/rtl]
    [rtl]He pointed out that the gas imported from Iran faces major challenges. The first is how to pay for this gas, as US sanctions directly hinder the purchase process. However, temporary solutions are found to this problem from time to time. He pointed out that the second challenge lies in the high demand for electricity during the summer.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Iran supplies Iraq with about 50 million cubic meters of gas daily, covering about a third of the country's needs, which is enough to produce about 6,000 megawatts of electricity. However, this amount is not enough to meet Iraq's needs during peak times, coinciding with a severe cold wave that hit the country, which increased the suffering of citizens.[/rtl]
    [rtl]He pointed out that the problem is not limited to the summer only, but also includes the winter, where some Iranian stations are shut down for 15 days for maintenance, and Iran itself needs large quantities of gas to meet its needs during the cold winter.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Suggested solutions[/rtl]
    [rtl]Al-Shatri explained that one of the proposed solutions is for the Iraqi private sector or international companies to invest in the field of natural gas and gas associated with oil fields, as Iraq possesses large quantities of gas that can be exploited to operate power plants. However, these solutions face many challenges such as a lack of investment and money, in addition to the absence of political will to solve the problem.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Al-Shatri pointed out that Iraq recently resorted to concluding an agreement with Turkmenistan to obtain an additional quantity of gas, but this agreement faces major challenges, as the gas is transported through Iran, which suffers from problems in gas supplies during the winter due to low temperatures.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Al-Shatri concluded by saying that the electricity sector in Iraq will suffer for a long time before the government finds a radical solution to this problem, due to the many challenges facing the sector, which require comprehensive and long-term solutions.[/rtl]
    [rtl]4 hours preparation and 20 hours interruption[/rtl]
    [rtl]Muhammad Nasr, one of the private generator operators, confirmed that the national electricity supply from the government is currently 4 hours per day, which is off for 20 hours, stressing that the electricity currently provided is very poor.[/rtl]
    [rtl]Nasr told Al Jazeera Net that the Ministry of Electricity is claiming that Iran has cut off the gas, which is why the blackout has become widespread in most areas.[/rtl]
    [rtl]He added that this power outage had a significant impact due to the increase in the price of kerosene fuel that operates private generators, which causes significant financial losses, not to mention the increased consumption of the generator due to the additional effort required to operate it daily.[/rtl]
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