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Away from Iranian gas and its problems.. Iraq implements an unprecedented project to generate electricity (photos)

 

12/27/2024

 

The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity announced on Friday the continuation of civil works for the Karbala Solar Power Plant project, which is the first of its kind in Iraq within the framework of diversifying energy sources and not limiting it to one source.

A statement issued by the media office of the Minister of Electricity and received by Shafaq News Agency stated that "the project's generating capacity is 300 megawatts, and it is part of broader projects with a total capacity of 525 megawatts that include several governorates in the Middle Euphrates."

He pointed out that "the implementation period of the project (first phase) is 365 days," indicating that "the project area is 4,000 dunums in Al-Hur district, Karbala governorate."

Regarding the completion stages, the statement confirmed that “40,000 solar panels will be installed by the second month of next year, out of 500,000 panels required for the project.”

The statement considered that "this project represents a qualitative shift in the use of clean energy sources in Iraq, and comes within the directives of the Minister of Electricity, Ziad Ali Fadhil, to develop the energy system and adopt strategic projects, which contributes to enhancing energy sustainability and reducing dependence on imported fuel."

Iran has extended the maintenance period of its gas-producing facilities for two more weeks, causing a continued shortage of gas supplies to Iraq, according to the spokesman for the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity,   Ahmed Musa, who told Shafaq News Agency that this outage has reduced electricity production in Iraq from 26,000 megawatts to about 15,800 megawatts, which has affected energy supply in various provinces.

Musa also pointed out that southern governorates such as Basra and Najaf depend on local gas and enjoy electricity supply of up to 20-23 hours per day, while other governorates such as Baghdad and Diyala suffer from a supply of between 5-8 hours, due to their dependence on Iranian gas.

He added that about 5,000 megawatts of power plants in Iraq are currently under maintenance in preparation for the summer season, expecting that the supply hours will improve when Iranian gas supplies resume in the coming days.

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