Iraq and Turkey agree to increase processing capacity through the Iraqi-Turkish connection line to 600 MW., 18 MARCH

 Iraq and Turkey agree to increase processing capacity through the Iraqi-Turkish connection line to 600 MW.

The Minister of Electricity, Ziad Ali Fadel, announced on Sunday his agreement with his Turkish counterpart, Alp Arslan Birkdar, to increase the processing capacity through the Iraqi-Turkish connection line to 600 MW.
A statement from the media office of the Minister of Electricity – received by Mawazine News said: “The Minister of Electricity received – at the ministry’s headquarters in Baghdad – Turkish Energy Minister Alep Arslan Birqdar and his accompanying delegation in the presence of Turkish Ambassador to Iraq Anil Bora Inan.”

He added that “the Minister of Electricity reviewed – with his Turkish counterpart – the prospects for cooperation and partnership between the two countries in the field of energy, specifically in the sectors of transmission and distribution and the development of shared electric networks, and renewed his invitation to Turkish companies specialized in the field of renewable energies to work in Iraq.”
The Minister of Electricity confirmed, according to the statement, that “the Ministry of Electricity has completed all logistical procedures and infrastructure necessary to increase the processing capacity through the Iraqi-Turkish connection line to 600 MW, proposing the formation of a joint higher technical committee to follow up the implementation of the meeting’s decisions.”
He pointed out that “the Iraqi government headed by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani and within the government curriculum is working to implement an integrated strategy to diversify energy sources through a package of projects that include electrical interconnection with neighboring countries, composite cycle projects and solar energy that are being implemented on a large scale in various governorates of the country.”
For his part, the Turkish minister pointed out that “the coming months will witness a doubling of electricity supplies through the common line to 600 MW,” noting that “his country is keen to strengthen cooperation with Iraq in various fields, especially the energy sector.”
It should be noted that the Iraqi and Turkish governments succeeded last July in operating the joint electrical connection line (KSK – Carrot 400 K. (p) which currently supplies Iraq with 300 megawatts. 

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