Iraq shuts down power plants due to excess output

[k98nights]

Iraq shuts down power plants due to excess output

 

 

By Shaymaa Adel

Azzaman, March 16, 2014

 

For the first time in more than two decades Iraq says its power output surpasses domestic needs.

Electricity output currently exceeds demand prompting the Ministry of Electricity to shut down several power stations, the ministry said in a statement.

The statement said Iraqis across the country, barring the restive province of Anbar, now enjoy uninterrupted power supply from the national grid.

The Province of Anbar, the statement said, was getting 16 hours of electricity every day because power lines and pylons are being targeted by militants.

Battles are raging in the province between government troops and militants mainly from the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant who still occupy several neighborhoods in the provincial capital Ramadi and are in full control of the strategic town of Falluja.

The statement put power output at 12, 000 megawatts. However, it said total output was at least 50% higher as the ministry was losing 6, 200 megawatts of output.

It gave no reasons for the losses in power output.

The statement said teams of Iraqi technicians were doing their best to repair damage to electricity infrastructure in Anbar Province, which is the largest in area among Iraqi 18 provinces.

The power plants that were made idle will undergo maintenance and readied for the hot summer months when consumption peaks, the statement added.

 

http://www.azzaman.com/english/?p=1240

[SnowGlobe7]

For the first time in more than two decades Iraq says its power output surpasses domestic needs.

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This is great news K98.....lets hope that the Iraqi people can afford to pay the electric bills!

[moneysoon]

Hello All!

 

This is great news. Shows the infrastructure is heading in the right direction.

[unirod]

people in Iraq can steal power just like people in the USA can steal cable TV.this should not be surprising

[jeepguy]

hahahhaaa   unirod     you  mean  copper thieves  are next ?       but    looks  good  they went  from  4 to 6 hours  of  power was all they could  give  , then  went to 8 to 12  hours --------->  now  they have  so much  they can  shut  down  the  grid   !    now  if  they could  ship  the  power to  the japan  island   ,  another  source  of  income !     

[FlintNPebbles]

This is a heartening article.  Good to see their infrastructure getting built back up.  Moving ahead.

[skeetdog]

Thanks k98...Good fine...This's defiantly good news for Iraqi citizens as well as Iraq as a whole in the eyes of the world...a basic for infrastructure construction and communications...this's a giant step forward...

[unirod]

This is one of those articles that proves to me that we are not even getting the half story, of what is really happening in Iraq. Everything is being sensored by the media in cooperation with the GOI. IMO

[sandfly]

THANKS THATS GOOD

[aitshioud]

If people are stealing electricity to survive it's probably cuz they are to broke to buy it. Hopefully this will change in the future. The average family has 4-5 kids, glad they will have AC this summer. Kind of disappointed to not see the share of excess oil revenue in this years budget(so far).

I thought Kurdistan was going to make that a requirement from their side...

Exciting times

Go rv go iraq.