Iraq will be able to meet their needs of electric power in 2013

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Iraq will be able to meet their needs of electric power in 2013

The date of publishing 08/09/2010 07:00 AM

Baghdad (AFP), said a US officer in charge of the reconstruction efforts by the army in the Middle East that Iraq is in need of no fewer than three more years before that he would be able to meet the demand for power. The general said kindle Cox that estimates based on the level of demand for the time being, it is continuing to rise in view of the Iraqi sentiment to buy more home consumer goods such as refrigerators and air conditioners. The US official's statements come after about two months of a series of violent protests that began in many cities, because of the lack of power. Cox said to reporters, " probably will be in 2013 or 2014 as soon as possible in order to enable the country to meet the need of electricity for 24 hours a day." He added that this speculation based on the amount of demand at present. But with the continued increase الميغاوات Network, there is at the same time, an increase in the demand, " he said. Cox's regiment commander US Army Corps of Engineers across the Atlantic, who is in the Central Command region, which stretches from Egypt to Central Asia. The officer estimated current demand for electricity in Iraq between 12 and 14 Megawatts, while the available more than six thousand megawatts shortly thereafter. Dozens of Iraqis demonstrated in a number of cities in the south of the country on 21 of last August, calling for providing electricity, including acts of violence, which resulted in the injury of 16 people, including ten policemen. This was preceded by protests demonstrations in June June in several cities against the authorities after energy rationing in heat over 54 degrees Celsius. Only those who have private generators and access to fuel could freeze food material in the fridge or the opening of air-conditioners round-the-clock while others cannot, which led to the protests. He warned the outgoing prime minister, Nouri Al-Maliki, after its approval of the resignation of Electricity Minister Karim Wahid that electricity could not be improved by at least two years. Years ago, is the electricity sector in Iraq in general from a lack of energy production as a result of the stations and the extensive damage to the invasion of the country in 2003, and the subsequent acts of sabotage. Depends on the Iraqis, especially in Baghdad, power generators continued to address the shortage, which is about 18 hours a day.

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