Iraq completes linking energy with Iran and holds similar talks with three countries

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Nice to see some Big deals getting done. 

 

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According to so and so....reconstruction is post ri.  If they do it without it...I guess so and so should sew and sew their mouth shut

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GE: We added 125 megawatts to the electrical system in Iraq

 

Logo of GE in Baden, Switzerland. "Reuters"

energy Economy News Baghdad GE said it has added 125 megawatts to the grid in three months. "The company added this amount of energy in a record time estimated at 3 months, where the engine was shipped and replaced and installed at the plant, which works on the advanced F9technologies of the company, which produces 500 MW. " "The company team worked with its counterparts in the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity additional times for re-operation to support and increase productivity in electricity, which reached record numbers." He stressed that "the efforts are continuing to maintain engines and ensure the operation, especially in peak times of the summer, which is rising in temperatures," noting that "the company's staffs continue to work and maintain and increase efficiency in production (...) More than 1800 MW during the current season. " Views 44   Date Added 07/09/2019

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GE to boost Iraq's electricity by 125 MW

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - US General Electric Corp. (GE.N: Quote, Profile, Research) announced Tuesday the addition of 125 megawatts to Iraq's electricity grid within three months. "The company added this amount of energy at a record time of 3 months," said Medhat al-Marabi, the company's Middle East official. "The engine was shipped, replaced and installed at the Amara plant, which operates on the company's advanced F9 technology, which produces 500 MW." "The company's team worked with its counterparts in the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity for additional periods of re-operation to support and increase the productivity of electricity, which reached record numbers." "The efforts are continuing to maintain the engines and ensure their operation, especially in the peak times of the summer, which is witnessing an increase in temperature," he said, noting that "the company's staff continues to work and sustain and increase efficiency in production."

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Director of Siemens for Mawazine News: We will sign a contract to establish 13 substations for the transfer of energy in Iraq

Economy | 03:12 - 10/07/2019

 

 

 

Director of Siemens for Mawazine News: We will sign a contract to establish 13 substations for the transfer of energy in Iraq

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Abdul-Mahdi: Investment opportunities are available to experience and large companies

20:11 - 10/07/2019

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Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said on Wednesday that all investment opportunities are available to the experience and large companies for the benefit of the citizen.

Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi received the CEO of GE Energy Joseph Anis and his accompanying delegation, the Prime Minister's Information Office said in a statement received.

The Prime Minister stressed "the importance of strategic partnership between the Iraqi government and General Electric Company to find comprehensive solutions to secure the electric power of citizens and benefit from modern technology and renewable energies."

He added that Iraq is expanding to international companies and investment opportunities available to the expertise and large companies to provide services to the Iraqi people in all areas, especially electric power. "He pointed out the importance of cooperation with GE to develop and improve energy.

The President of the General Electric Company announced the progress of the strategic projects implemented by GE, including the linking of several secondary stations in various provinces of Iraq to help break the bottlenecks this summer and summer and the progress of work in the projects of Samawa and Dhi Qar and the project of Zubair station, As well as the new projects under contract which will increase the production capacity of the network in Iraq by 3000 MW. Joseph Anis also reviewed the projects that are discussed in the framework of the roadmap to develop electricity, covering projects in all governorates of Iraq and providing training and work opportunities for citizens in all Across the country. "

The meeting was attended by the accompanying delegation of the President of the Company and the Advisor to the Prime Minister. End 25 n

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Director of Sammans: The first phase of the road map in Iraq will provide 1000 jobs

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The German company Siemens said on Wednesday that the first phase of the roadmap to be implemented in Iraq to promote the power of electricity will be the introduction of 2000 MW, indicating that this stage will be implemented by about 20 months.

"We will start implementation of the first phase of the road map in Iraq, the introduction of 2000 megawatts to be added to the electrical grid in Iraq, which will be completed from 18 to 20 months," said CEO Joe Kaiser, noting that "we met with many ministers and discussed the speed of implementation Which is one of the goals of creating job opportunities for young people and training Iraqi youth to be ready when we need them or start implementing our work. "

"The first stage will provide 1,000 jobs," he said, adding that "the road map we presented is similar to what we have presented in Egypt, although the operation in Iraq is complex and significant."

  "The amount of gas produced in Iraq is not enough, and to provide energy production, there must be many efforts to be made," he said, adding that "the second phase is the addition of 6000 MW to the national network."

 

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GE President: We are working to increase production capacity in Iraq to 3,000 MW

Economy | 08:25 - 10/07/2019

 

 

 

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - 
Energy giant Joseph Anis said on Wednesday that his company was working to increase its network capacity in Iraq by 3,000 megawatts. 
"The latter received the CEO of GE Energy Joseph Anis and his accompanying delegation," the media office of the Prime Minister, Adel Abdul Mahdi, said in a statement received by Mawazine News. "The meeting was attended by the prime minister's adviser." 
"The importance of the strategic partnership between the Iraqi government and General Electric Company to find comprehensive solutions to secure the electricity of citizens and benefit from modern technology and renewable energies," he said, pointing out that "Iraq expands to international companies and investment opportunities available to the experience and large companies to provide services to the Iraqi people in all fields Primarily electric power. "
"It is important to cooperate with GE to develop and improve energy." 
For his part, the President of the General Electric Company, "Ijaza on the progress of the strategic projects implemented by the General Electric, including the linking of several secondary stations in different provinces of Iraq to help to break the bottlenecks this summer and summer and the progress of work in the projects of Samawah and Dhi Qar, Zubair station, in addition to the new projects under contract, which will increase the capacity of the network in Iraq by 3000 MW. 
He reviewed "the projects that are discussed in the framework of the road map for the development of electricity, which covers projects in all governorates of Iraq, and provides training and employment opportunities for citizens throughout the country."

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Aftan reveals the highest budget recorded in the history of Iraq and identifies imbalances in the distribution of energy

Editorial Date: 2019/7/11 23:32 • 361 times read

The former electricity minister, a member of the current energy committee, Karim Aftan, revealed the highest budget recorded for the ministry in the history of Iraq, while identifying the imbalances in the distribution of energy.

"The energy situation in 2014 is much better than it is now. Today we have good production, but there is poor transport and distribution," Effatan told the satellite television station Al-Furat. "There is supposed to be a plan to ensure Fill the need for cities and regions. " 
"Electricity is the backbone of all aspects of life and we are not convinced of performance, especially after the allocation of 10 trillion budget for the Ministry of Electricity in 2019," he said, "the highest allocation of the Ministry in the history of Iraq." 
Effatan said that "the parliamentary energy granted the Minister of Electricity all the allocations requested and was not successful when the deputies criticized," noting that "the disruption of the delivery of energy to citizens well lies in the rehabilitation of stations and we have a lot of rumors."
He pointed out that "the presence of 21 thousand and 500 megawatts currently in the national grid of energy, in addition to 5,000 megawatts under construction in addition to, the import of nearly 500 megawatts of the Kurdistan region." 
"The minister must be a leader and head of state in his ministry and not subject to parties, and he has no right to have his voice over the deputies," he said. 
On the privatization of the former Minister of Electricity, "I am with privatization, but in its proper form and not in the manner of extortion of citizens," concluded "Iraq imports electricity worth one billion dollars and imports gas worth twice."

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Abdul-Mahdi: Iraq expands to global companies and investment opportunities available

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Baghdad / Al-Sabah

 

 

Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi, during his meeting with Siemens CEO, Joe Kaiser, reviewed the road map for the electricity sector, which was agreed upon and signed in the capital Berlin. He stressed during his meeting with GE Energy CEO Joseph Anis the importance of the strategic partnership To find comprehensive solutions to secure the electricity of citizens.

A statement from the Prime Minister's Office received by Al-Sabah said that "Abdul-Mahdi received the CEO of Siemens of Germany, Mr. Joe Kaiser, during which the follow-up to the road map for the electricity sector was agreed upon and signed in the presence of the Prime Minister and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin, .

The Prime Minister stressed the importance of setting a timetable for the implementation of the two parties' mutual commitments and making utmost efforts to implement the map with their time schedules, pointing to the continuous efforts exerted to improve energy and increase processing hours in all governorates. 

For his part, Kaiser stressed that the company is very interested in meeting the need of Iraq of electric power and the pursuit of the implementation of the map program, and that the responsibility is in solidarity to meet the requirements of the Iraqi people and joint cooperation in this vital area, and promised to contribute with the Iraqis to advance the state of electricity in the near future, Prime Minister of the daily file of electric power in Iraq and give him all powers to this sector. Kaiser said that this personal follow-up is very influential and crucial factor in making progress in this file and improving electricity in the summer. He also pointed out that the company is training and employing large numbers of Iraqi graduates and middle cadres.

In another meeting, Abdul Mahdi received on Wednesday, CEO of GE Energy,

Joseph Anis and his entourage.

The Prime Minister, according to a press statement of his office, the importance of strategic partnership between the Iraqi government and General Electric to find comprehensive solutions to secure the electric power of citizens and benefit from modern technology and renewable energies.

The Prime Minister pointed out that Iraq is expanding to international companies and investment opportunities available to the expertise and large companies to provide services to the Iraqi people in all fields, especially electric power, pointing to the importance of cooperation with GE to develop and improve energy.

The President of the General Electric Company EGAZA on the progress of the strategic projects implemented by the General Electric, including the linking of several secondary stations in different provinces of Iraq to help break the bottlenecks this summer and the next summer and the progress of work in the projects of Samawa and Dhi Qar and Zubair station project.

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Iraqi - Jordanian agreement on a program to complete the electrical connection

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Baghdad / Al-Sabah 

Iraq and Jordan agreed on a timetable for the implementation and completion of the Iraqi-Jordanian power connection by the end of 2021.

The Ministry of Electricity said in a statement received by the "morning", a copy of it that "the Minister of Electricity Louay Khatib met with Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources Hala Adel Zwati at the Ministry of Electricity." Noting that "during the meeting, they discussed the bilateral cooperation relations and ways to strengthen them to serve the interests of the two countries and peoples." The ministry added that "it was agreed that the first phase of the project will include the implementation of the 400 kV high voltage transmission lines, which will link the eastern region of Jordan (al-Risha) (al-Risha transformative station) with the western region of Iraq (300 km), with the two sides responsible for the establishment, ownership and management of the project within its borders, as well as the cost of each project parts located in its territory.

The statement pointed out that "the financing of the project will be from the Iraqi side of the loan of (General Electric), and this line will be transferred when the service with the new Al-Qaim transformer station at the end of the year (2021) energy ranging from (150) to (200) (Al-Qaim, al-Tarba, Aynah and Rawa) in Anbar province. " The two sides also agreed to "complete the technical and economic studies required for the implementation of the second phase, which relate to the interconnectivity and mutual exchange between the two countries, which requires the completion of the internal energy transmission networks between the two countries and strengthening the exchange capacity, , And is expected to complete this stage in 2025, to be a promising market for Iraq to exchange energy between neighboring countries. 

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Report: Iraq needs to invest $ 21 billion to increase electricity

Power plants in Iraq

 15 Jul 2019 02:43 PM

Mubasher: A report issued by the Arab Petroleum Investment Company "Apicorp" that Iraq needs to invest 21 billion US dollars over the next five years to increase the power generation capacity in the country to 30 GW.

The report, published by Mubasher, said on Monday that there is still a gap between demand growth and current power generation.

The report, "The Annual Forecast of Middle East and North Africa's 2019 Energy Investments", states that the country is still facing power outages, and that reliable electricity is at the heart of government plans.

The APICORP report predicted that in the next five years the Middle East and North Africa region would need to inject $ 209 billion in investments into the electricity generation sector.

In the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, investments in the energy sector between 2019 and 2023 are expected to reach US $ 1 trillion.

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Electricity announces the "highest" production of energy since the establishment of the national system

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The Ministry of Electricity announced Wednesday that it has achieved "the highest" energy production since the establishment of the national electricity system, indicating that this contributed to the increase in processing hours in Baghdad and the provinces.

" The energy production in the country is currently 19 thousand and 100 MW, " said ministry spokesman Musab al-Mudar in a statement to the official newspaper "Al-Sabah", saying it was "the highest and the first since the establishment of the national electricity system."

The teacher pointed out that this "contributed to raising the processing hours for Baghdad and the provinces," adding that "the increase in production continues through the introduction of new generation units." 

"The quantities of production available could be provided around the clock in the event of reducing the size of the rumors of 60 percent," he said, referring to rumors to "bypass the citizens on the joints of the network and the failure to set meters and reluctance to pay collection fees." 

He added that "his ministry and through the road map prepared with the German company Siemens , prepared a program to eliminate this through the selection of a number of elected areas and the application of the experience of smart standards to ensure that not waste energy

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Iraq has the highest electricity production in its history

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The Ministry of Electricity announced on Wednesday that its production of energy exceeded 19 thousand megawatts, the highest since the establishment of the sector, while it showed that Baghdad's share of production amounted to four thousand and 625 megawatts and 
said the ministry's spokesman Musab teacher in a statement reported by the newspaper " "The energy production in the country is currently 19 thousand and 100 MW, the highest and the first since the establishment of the national electricity system, which contributed to raising the processing hours for Baghdad and the provinces, stressing that the increase in production continues through the introduction of new generating units" . 
"Baghdad's share of production amounted to 4,625 megawatts out of its actual needs of 6,000, which improved the hours of processing during the past two days," the teacher said. "Basra is currently supplying 3,000 and 510 megawatts of its actual needs of 3,000 And 800 MW. "
The teacher said that "the province of Nineveh, despite the exposure of the electrical system to the great sabotage by the gangs" calling "the criminal during the brutal control of the province, but it is currently equipped with 880 megawatts out of the actual need of 1600 MW. Ending / 25

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Electricity announces the "highest" production of energy since the establishment of the national system

 

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energy Economy News Baghdad The Ministry of Electricity announced that its output of energy exceeded 19 thousand megawatts, which is the highest since the establishment of the national system, revealing its directions towards canceling the rumors with energy estimated at 60%.  The spokesman for the Ministry of Electricity Musab teacher in a statement quoted by the newspaper "morning" and the official "Economic News", "The energy production in the country is currently 19 thousand and 100 megawatts, and the highest and the first since the establishment of the national electricity system, And the provinces, "stressing that" the increase in production continues through the introduction of new generating units. " He added that "Baghdad's share of production amounted to four thousand and 625 megawatts out of the actual need of 6,000, which improved the hours of processing during the past two days, adding that" the province of Basra is currently equipped with three thousand and 510 megawatts out of the actual need of three thousand and 800 megawatts. The teacher said that "the province of Nineveh, despite the exposure of the electrical system to a large sabotage by gangs," urged "the criminal during its brutal control of the province, but is currently equipped with 880 megawatts out of the actual need of 1600 MW. He pointed out that "the quantities of production available could be provided around the clock in the event of reducing the size of the rumors of 60 percent," which attributed to the excess of citizens on the joints of the network and the failure to set meters and reluctance to pay wages collection. The Ministry of Electricity spokesman said that his ministry and through the road map prepared with Siemens, Germany, prepared a program to eliminate this through the selection of a number of elected areas and the application of the experience of smart standards to ensure not wasting energy. On the transport sector, he explained that "the staff of his ministry has recently succeeded in restoring the Baiji transformational plant (400KV), which was destroyed by the terrorists" Daash "completely, which allowed the delivery of energy to a number of areas that were deprived of them," noting that "the next few days will witness Also the opening of the station people and the completion of the completion of stations: journalists, municipalities and East Rusafa transformative as well as the development of the new Baghdad transformational station. He added that the remaining period of the current year will see the opening of 28 transformer stations in Baghdad and the provinces, in addition to continuing to extend power transmission lines (132 and 400 kevi) in the governorates of Salah al-Din, Anbar, Kirkuk and the outskirts of Baghdad, as well as the development of transport lines between the governorates of the Euphrates, As well as intensify efforts to rehabilitate power transmission lines and distribution networks in Ninewa province, especially in the city of Mosul, which reached its work to an advanced percentage of achievement. Views 194   Date Added 07/17/2019

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International expert: Electricity can be a cornerstone of growth for Iraq

 

Electricity worker in Iraq. "Internet"

Reports Economy News Baghdad During the Iraq Energy Supply Conference held in Baghdad early this month, the lights went out three times as the experts gathered discussed ways to rebuild the country's electricity system. The holidays that took place are reminiscent of the difficult task of this sector, which falls on the shoulders of the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity to overcome them and make some progress on them. Robin Mills, an international expert on energy strategy and economics, said in his report on the electricity sector in Iraq that the sector has not recovered substantially since the damage it suffered during the first Gulf War and then the siege and economic sanctions during the 1990s and the ensuing chaos and looting during The stage of the US invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the consequent staggered reconstruction. The rate of electricity generation did not reach the pre-invasion level until 2008. From 2012 onwards the rate of generation began to grow really fast but was soon reduced due to the devastating incident of the invasion of an organization calling for large areas of Iraq in 2014 caused the destruction of most of the infrastructure For the electricity sector in the north and west of the country. On the other hand, the rate of population growth in Iraq adds more than one million people annually to the country's population as well as there is a growing demand for air conditioners during the hot summer weather in addition to television sets and the supply of crowded supermarkets newly established in large areas of Baghdad with the need of electric power. With electricity available from 12 to 16 hours a day, even the progress of adding new generation can hardly cover the gap. Taking into consideration, theoretically, 30 gigawatts of power plants, Iraq is at its best, generating nearly 15 gigawatts over the past year. Repair attempts have increased this year to 18 gigawatts. Iraqis have worked to bridge this gap through diesel generators in residential neighborhoods, which are often expensive and produce disturbing sounds as well as pollution. Despite the subsidized electricity prices generated by national government stations, the Iraqi home pays four times as much as the homes of neighboring countries pay electricity for poor service. Residential generators are often not enough to operate an air conditioner, although the new expensive cooling systems they can operate in are common. These problems have worsened with the severance of gas and electricity supplies from Iran caused by non-payment of wages. The United States has pressed Baghdad to end its reliance on Iran for energy imports, although it has given it a short-term exemption from sanctions. Reform of the electricity sector needs to be precise and management: The Ministry of Electricity to cooperate with the Ministry of Oil to ensure fuel to reach the required rate of production with a suitable capacity to be able to distribute electricity to the correct parties. Electric power projects have long been plagued by real corruption with charges of politically motivated corruption as well as bureaucracy in dealing. Now, foreign political pressure has added another obstacle. The Ministry of Electricity should increase the electricity tariff and force residents to pay bills so that they can cover their costs and curb excessive demand for energy. But angry activists and parents complain about the deterioration of services and refuse to raise prices. The Ministry of Electricity has recently turned its attention to generating approximately 755 MW of various solar sites around the country, which will be the country's first large-scale experiment in solar power generation. Solar power plants are often inexpensive and can be installed quickly and do not depend on unreliable fuel supplies and can be found in places close to residential communities to avoid the problem of transmission lines. Iraq could benefit from the experiences of neighboring countries such as the UAE, Jordan and Egypt in implementing solar power generation projects that could initially start from small-scale projects to major solar plant projects. High temperatures, water scarcity and frequent electricity cuts often infuriate residents, accompanied by a lack of stable economic activity. Now, with relative security, the government can find solutions to the country's practical problems.Patience must be parallel to the process of tangible progress in this area during the next decade to keep the lighting going on without interruption for ever. Source: Range Views 40   Date Added 07/21/2019

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Iran adopts new strategy to increase electricity supply to Iraq

Editorial date: 2019/7/22 10:21 • 343 times read

(Baghdad: Al Furat News) The Executive Director of the Western Region Electricity Company in Iran announced a new strategy to increase electricity exports to Iraq.

Ali Asadi said in a press interview that Iran's Ministry of Energy's Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution Company (TANWIR) has adopted a new strategy to increase the volume of electricity exports to Iraq. As the capacity of production and the development of the transmission and distribution network in the western region are increased, 600 MW. " 
He pointed out that "Iran exports energy in significant quantities to neighboring countries through the network of the Western region, and the electricity company in this region, an export corridor of energy to Iraq." is over

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Khatib of the morning: self-sufficiency of electricity in 4 years

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Interview: Abbas Aboud - Tarek Al Araji

 

 

The Ministry of Electricity has reached the limit of self-sufficiency in the production of energy throughout the country during the next four years and gradually despite the challenges faced, stressing that its policy depends on "zero errors" of previous ministries and the development of successes, revealing the existence of interventions from some politicians in the work of the ministry working On the limit, the Minister of Electricity Loay Khatib revealed in an interview with "morning" that "the next period will see the completion of the joint electrical link with the Gulf countries to come after the electric connection with both Turkey and Jordan," and this text of the dialogue:

[Asharq Al-Awsat] Are there political forces that used electricity for their own purposes and what is your vision as an electricity minister to limit the interference of those forces, if any?

 

- The relationship of electricity to politics is a Muslim, and evidence that the electricity crisis was inherent to every political crisis and not only in the summer, and I have confirmed during the meeting

The first in the ministry is that the electricity file is not only a service file, it is a national security file, because it has to do with the provision of services such as agriculture, industry and all the joints of the state. Therefore, any failure in this file will negatively affect the performance of the state and economic security in general.

Special, two of the basic pillars 

To provide security for the state and society, and this description we find that the relationship of electricity policy exists, and therefore; Yes, there are interventions from some work and the ministry to stop and limit 

Of which.

 

Political will

[Asharq Al-Awsat] Is there a political will to prevent the availability of electricity since 2003?

 

Yes, terrorism in both political and armed terms targeted the energy file directly, because they are fully aware that the establishment of the state in the economic sense means the rise of the democratic experience of Iraq and thus a promising and promising state that believes in a decent life for the people and future generations. . Unfortunately, the state's view of this sector was focused on the technical aspect only, and this reduction of the energy sector without considering other aspects of the same importance and in parallel created a gap and a misunderstanding in how to fix this thorny issue.

 

Contracts of collection

[Asharq Al-Awsat] Do you need, as a ministry, legislation from the House of Representatives to appoint you? 

Your work?

 

The law of the Ministry of Electricity for 2017 requires reform, reform in this sector is important, and the law should be consistent with the needs of the successful federal state, not to put the articles of law to create ministerial formations on the basis of regional and factional and divide the companies and formations in a sectarian and partisan way. The draft privatization of service contracts and collection carried out in a method of non-systematic privatization, and did not develop standard contracts, but according to personal jurisprudence, which occurred in these contracts that met a number of companies represented by political parties and formed a trade called a company and won these contracts on the basis of recommendations, Therefore, I am Erosion collection contracts without providing service, and experts in these files and exposing tells you to give me the name of the company to tell you about the political party that behind the name, and therefore it is not the privatization of quotas or contracts 

service.

 

* You said (when asked about the name of the privatization company know the political entity behind it), what is your position on this subject?

 

- When the Ministry of the ministry found the contracts of service and collection signed, and has been the formation of a specialized committee to review these contracts and we will issue recommendations either to proceed or rationalize companies or to proceed to a compromise with the legal companies lagging or companies may be overturned legally exceeded, and in the end the contract law of the contract and not from It is easy to cancel a contract, noting that canceling it is not a minister's decision. We want to build a state of institutions and here we are talking about regulatory bodies responsible for holding all parties accountable for these matters. We are checking. If we want to take action, we must look at them technically and professionally. F For decades marred by corruption dating back to the supervisory authorities responsible and is pursuing that subject, and there are notes on contracts discussed in the form of public service and collection such as contracts, and there are files in the Office of the Inspector General concerning fuel and there are some inquiries from regulatory bodies

Other.

 

Elements of advancement

* What are the factors that contribute to the advancement in the electricity sector in

The country?

 

- The fundamentals of the advancement of this sector depends on several points, the first is to promote the technical side, which is divided into several sections (production, transmission, distribution and management of energy) and secondly to secure the fuel plan in the sense that there is harmony and strategic planning at the level of securing the electricity plan, Financial and economic sector, meaning that when we talk about tariffs and meet the cost of energy, we have to talk at world prices and not as is happening now in Iraq, which is the receipt of ten percent of the real cost of this service of production, transport, distribution, management and fuel costs, the margin of support for the energy sector All its components cost the state currently between 12 and 15 billion dollars, and this is a large sum, and the fourth social aspect, which means that ultimately we seek to provide a rewarding service containing the margin of providing services to the poor and low-income and contain the margin of support, and therefore do not need to deliver support to all citizens, support to needy people and segments The balance will be paid 100 percent with the profit margin to be profitable, because the financial axis must be a self-sustaining sector, that is to say, self-financing, and fifthly the business side. This sector must be based on profit and loss equations and well-considered economic equations. And for the end, the citizen is looking for providing the best service and we have to leave the socialist thought, and when we look at all these axes we will talk about a promising sector in itself providing service and running the economy and supporting the country, and electricity is the most important commodity we should look at Economic reform

The state.

 

Energy and government support

* How much energy is produced?

Is there an increase?

How much government support is provided to the ministry?

When to talk about reaching self-sufficiency?

 

- The rate of production in the summer of last year 2018 was 14 thousand megawatts, and despite the receipt of financial releases in April of this year 2019, but we have succeeded in the production of more than 19 thousand megawatts, has been an accelerated plan to promote this reality, Analysts, analysts and ambassadors were concerned about the collapse of the political process and the change of government because of the events of the Basra file, but the efforts of the staff and the plan and what is available and the challenges we faced succeeded in Basra, after some were calculated to be the spark of the political crisis in Iraq and if it is now completed For the government, The province, which was suffering from a lack of services, especially the electricity file, which was equipped with up to 15 hours a day; Basrah center today and most of the neighborhoods of 24 hours of processing, and this must be marked as a achievement, and when I talk about Basra is not a normal province, Financial, and any governorate in Iraq - including

 The state.

Therefore, the concerted efforts and unlimited support of the Prime Minister and the Ministries of the chock contributed to achieve this increase in the processing of electricity and miss the opportunity for those who were lying in Iraq worse, and I say (if we were granted the remaining period with the same level of challenges and pressure on the ministry, During the next four years and gradually (ie during the term of the current government in accordance with the elements of tariff reform and development of the gas file in Iraq, as adopted by the policy of the Ministry of zero errors and build on the successes of our predecessor in the Ministry and evaluate the challenges we will face to reach the limit الذاتي Self-service provision.

 

Import of electricity

* How much electricity do we import from neighboring countries? 

And when Iraq stops importing energy from it?

 

- The ministry imports from the Iranian side 1200 MW only and the remaining local production, in addition to the gas imported from Iran provides fuel for power plants up to 2880 MW and fuel for production stations, and therefore Iran has a role in the provision of 4,000 MW, And there are understandings with Kuwait and Saudi Arabia and we will be open with all and cooperation exists and our decisions will be on a commercial basis and not on political grounds, and we have a plan for a conscious The fuel importation issue is not going on because our country is rich, but this requires coordination, coordination, harmonization of plans and cooperation between the ministries concerned, and we work through the Ministerial Council on Energy, chaired by the President of the Council Minister and Vice-Chairman of the Council 

 

Connecting with neighboring countries

* The project of electric connection with neighboring countries, where it arrived?

 

- The issue of electric connection with neighboring countries is one of the things that are misunderstood, as it comes to create a promising electricity market, and in the end are supply and demand markets, a free market economy and we have an electrical connection with Iran and now we work to link the Gulf through Kuwait and Saudi Arabia directly And with Turkey and Jordan, and within a year will be achieved the Gulf linkage and there are negotiations with the Turkish side to activate the process of linking with them, as for the electrical connection with Jordan requires completion of a period of up to a year and a half to be implemented on the Iraqi territory by the ministry's staff, At the beginning of any month The next well to be completed during the year and a half to complete the linkage, and these projects ultimately provide productive capacities in case of import or as a carrier of energy, and we must share this project because it will create a promising electricity market and generates Iraq significant economic benefits.

 

New stations

[Asharq Al-Awsat] Will the next few years see the addition of new production capacities and the completion of projects that contribute to improving the reality of electricity?

 

- Yes, the ministry has succeeded in the ministry recently the introduction of new stations to the service was stopped, and there are stations in the process of completion during the next few minutes, such as Mosul gas station and Rumaila investment and Samawah, and Nasiriyah, which is expected to enter the service in October next to run the system by 1000 MW and after The combined cycle of the same station to add 500 MW, in addition to supplying the system with 755 MW of rounds of solar licenses, although the production now reaches 19200 MW but the need at peak times up to 25 thousand megawatts and work to fill the shortfall.

The amount of energy available satisfies the need of the country in the event of rationalization and the obligation to pay the electricity collection and to be the tariff at the world price, and on other projects in the distribution sector must take into account that the agreements with Siemens had a specific margin for this sector to create a smart network system for the selected areas Is the basis for the transformation of distribution networks in Iraq to smart networks and this subject requires huge investments could reach 15 billion dollars, according to the estimates of the German company, in addition to the ministry has large campaigns to develop the transport and distribution sectors in the country through the installation of switching stations and terminals Nucleolus and the success of the staff in transformer problems in yellowing general areas of Baghdad after this was one of the big problems facing the ministry's work in the sector

distribution.

 

Liberated areas

[Asharq Al-Awsat] What is the extent of the devastation that has plagued the electrical system in the liberated areas because of gangs?

What is the size of the reconstruction in those areas after liberation?

 

- The gangs of "da'ash" and terrorist operations have had a negative impact on the entire electrical system, as we lost more than 20% of the transmission lines and stations, and 25% of the actual production capacity, in addition to the delay of projects to develop gas fields in Anbar and Diyala because of terrorism, Completion of the projects of production stations such as Salah al-Din thermal station and Anbar compound station and the destruction of the entire stations, and the volume of production capacity stopped by 7 thousand megawatts between destroyed stations and projects disabled, all of this must be taken into account, we came out of a battle in which we need budgets and allocations to restore , And the other point that we should think about all joints of the electricity industry, and we have allocated a lot of funds for the rehabilitation of liberated areas, and the latest allocations of the loan (GE) of $ 500 million, which went the largest amount of it to rehabilitate the electrical networks because the Ministry believes that this contributes to Reconstruction of the areas as soon as possible, electricity 

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Electricity: Basra has 24 hours of processing and within 4 years will solve the energy problem in Iraq

Economy | 10:28 - 29/07/2019

 

 

 

Baghdad - Mawazin News 
The Minister of Electricity, Luay Khatib, on Monday, that the province of Basra has 24 hours of electricity supply, pointing out that the problem of electricity will be resolved during the coming years. 
Al-Khatib said in an interview with the semi-official newspaper "Sabah" that "the production rate in the summer of last year 2018 was 14 thousand megawatts, and despite the receipt of financial releases in April this year 2019, but we managed to reach production to more than 19 thousand megawatts , Since the development of an accelerated plan to promote this reality, especially that many politicians, analysts and ambassadors were concerned about the collapse of the political process and the change of government because of the events of the Basra file, but the efforts of workers and the plan of fashion And as far as is available and the challenges we faced, we succeeded in Basra. "
He added: "After some were calculated to be the spark of the political crisis in Iraq and if it is now the completion of the government, the province, which was suffering from the lack of services, especially the electricity file, which was equipped up to 15 hours a day; Basra center today and most of its neighborhoods 24 hours This is something that should be marked as an achievement. When I talk about Basra, it is not a normal province, but we are talking about Iraq's economic and financial resource, and any governorate in Iraq - including Baghdad - when it is affected by services. And in the end we can only be that this province is protected from all aspects and do not make it a pretext for those who lurking in the political process or Iraq by exploiting it as a breach to destroy the state.
He added: "Therefore, the concerted efforts and unlimited support of the Prime Minister and the ministries of support contributed to achieve this increase in the processing of electricity and miss the opportunity for those who were lying in Iraq worse, and I say (if we were granted the remaining period with the same level of challenges and pressure on the ministry, Will solve the problem of electricity during the next four years and gradually (ie during the term of the current government according to the components of tariff reform and development of the gas file in Iraq. 
Abizaid and Khatib: "The adoption of the ministry's policy to correct errors and build on the success of our predecessors in the Ministry and evaluate the challenges we will face services to reach the level of self-sufficiency and the provision of electricity imports."

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Start the implementation of the first phase of the road map with Siemens

Economy 06:37 - 31/07/2019

https://www.mawazin.net/Details.aspx?jimare=58149

 

Baghdad - Mawazine News
Ziyad Ali Fadhil, Director-General of the Southern Energy Transport Authority, announced on Wednesday that the first phase of the road map will be implemented with Siemens AG.
"A ceremony was held at the Sheraton Hotel / Al-Farahidi Hall, which witnessed the signing ceremony of the contract between the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity represented by the Minister of Electricity Loay Khatib and the delegation of the German company Siemens and according to the agreement of the road map between the two sides," Fadel said in a statement received by Mawazine News, , Announcing "the start of the implementation of the first phase of the road map with the German company Siemens".
He added that "the signing of the contract for the implementation of the first phase of the roadmap agreement between the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity and Siemens, to develop the electricity sector in Iraq, was attended by the local government of Basra, represented by Governor Asad al-Eidani, and the President of the provincial council Sabah al-Bezouni, Of the members of the provincial council of Basra and general managers in the Ministry of Electricity.
He explained that "the first phase of the contract includes the construction of 13 secondary stations (132 KV) according to the latest specifications, will be the share of the province of Basra, including four stations in the districts of the city and Qurnah and Abi Khasib and FAO, while the rest will be distributed in the provinces of the south and center of the country.
He pointed out that "the contract also includes the processing of 35 converted capacity, high capacities up to 90mva, which is the first of its kind in the south." End of 29/6 n

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Siemens and Iraq sign contracts for 13 substations

 

 

 2019/08/01 10:44:24

 

 The signing of contracts for the establishment of 13 substations and supply of 35 power adapter as part of the implementation of the first phase of the road map for the development of Iraq 's energy sector 
⦁ new infrastructure for the sector of the Iraqi energy will allow the Iraqi government to provide electricity and reliable for the benefit of 2 million Iraqi citizens living in Basra 
⦁ the first phase of The roadmap includes the rehabilitation and development of existing power plants and the expansion of energy transmission and distribution networks in Iraq

Siemens and the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity signed contracts for the construction of 13 132/33-kV substations, in addition to supplying 35 power transformers to support and strengthen the transmission and distribution network in Iraq. The new infrastructure will solve bottlenecks and overcome the challenges of energy transfer in Basra, allowing the Iraqi government to provide reliable electricity to more than 2 million Iraqi citizens living in Basra. These contracts come within the framework of the implementation of the first phase of the road map to develop the Iraqi energy sector. 
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Commenting on this important step, Mr. Mahmoud Hanafi, Executive Vice President, Natural Gas and Energy, Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) at Siemens Middle East said: "The construction of these substations is an important step in providing sustainable, And companies in Iraq based on Siemens' advanced technological solutions in the field of transmission and distribution of electricity We are pleased at Siemens for our cooperation with the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity to enable us to fulfill our promises to the people of Iraq and implement the roadmap to develop the Iraqi energy sector, Iraqi and sustainable development plans in the country. " 
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Siemens has designed the road map to provide electricity in the new Iraq to meet the goals of the country's reconstruction strategy, including the addition of new high-capacity power generation capabilities, the rehabilitation and development of existing power plants and the expansion of power transmission and distribution networks in the country. 
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⦁ Since the agreement in April 2019 to implement the first phase of the road map, 500 MW of electricity has already been added to the national electricity grid in Iraq. 
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⦁ says Dr. Louay Ktaib- Minister of Electricity in Iraq: "I welcome the role played by sub - stations and transformers to strengthen the electricity network in Iraq. The addition of this new infrastructure for the energy sector will provide electricity guaranteed for more than two million people in Basra." 
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⦁ The first phase of the roadmap includes the completion of the EPC construction of a new 500 megawatt power plant, the development of 40 gas turbines, air cooling systems, the construction of 13 new substations and the provision of 35 new transformers. 

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2019/08/03 12:02

Siemens confirms: There are no security concerns from the implementation of projects in Iraq

http://almasalah.com/ar/news/175952/سيمنز-تؤكد-لاتوجد-إية-مخاوف-أمنية-من-تنفيذ-المشاريع-في-العراق

 

BAGHDAD / Siemens: German company Siemens, Saturday, August 3, 2019, close to the direct implementation of a number of projects in Iraq for the electricity sector, while confirming that there are no security concerns from the implementation of those projects.

The company's chief executive in Iraq, Musab al-Khatib, told the media that the company, in coordination with the local authorities and the security services, will implement a number of projects related to the electricity sector, pointing out that the factories equipped with equipment will start to manufacture and send to sites that will be configured in the coming period.

It is worth mentioning that the Ministry of Electricity signed a contract on July 31 with Siemens for the implementation of the first package of transport and production projects amounting to US $ 241 million, including the implementation of 13 secondary stations and 30 major transformers.

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Iraqi parliament decides: Excluding us from the import of Iranian gas and electricity "permanent"

https://www.shafaaq.com/ar/سیاسة/البرلمان-العراقي-يحسمها-استثناؤنا-من-استيراد-الغاز-والكهرباء-الايراني-دائمي/

 

2019/08/06 04:33:34

 

The United States' exclusion of the country from the import of gas and electricity from Iran is "permanent," the Iraqi parliament's Economics and Investment Committee said on Tuesday.

"Iraq will be forced to give Iraq an exemption from the import of gas and electricity from Iran, provided that Iraq works to produce its gas and electrification," said member of the committee Abdullah al-Kharbit told Asharq Al-Awsat. "Iraq has contracted with companies to produce gas and electricity, As long as Iraq has taken this measure, the US administration is waiting for the country to stand on his feet. "

"If Iraq has not already signed contracts with companies for this purpose, America will say you are working for Iran, and Iraq's exception is not extended," he said.

"This exception is permanent as long as there is action by Iraq on the ground, and this America can not be covered by sanctions, and will continue to extend the exception permanently," Khreibt said.

The United States is pressing Iraq to stop purchases of gas and electricity from Iran, which provides a large share of Iraq's energy needs. These pressures come at a time when Baghdad received an exemption from Washington from its sanctions on Tehran, which President Donald Trump imposed after the withdrawal from the agreement Nuclear deal with Iran.

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Agreement on electrical link between Iraq and Jordan reaches its final stages

Economie

2019-08-07 | 3:19

 

 

Source:

Alsumaria News

 

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The Ministry of Electricity announced on Wednesday the signing of an agreement with Jordan for the international linkage in the field of electric power, with the aim of filling the future energy shortage in peak times.

The Ministry said in a statement received by Alsumaria News, a copy of it, "represented by the General Company for the Transmission of Electric Power Central Region signed an agreement with the Jordanian side on the international link in the field of electric power." 

She added, "The two parties discussed the most important technical and commercial matters, and provide an economic feasibility study for the Iraqi and Jordanian interconnection of electric power. Connect as quickly as possible. "

 

The ministry pointed out that "the goal of the project is to fill the shortage of energy in the future at peak times to contribute to mutual benefit between the two countries." Iraq

suffers from a shortage of electricity, especially in the summer time with high temperatures, which pushes the citizen to use the generators to make up for the shortage.