Iraq and Jordan have completed 90 percentage of the second segment of the strength interconnection task to attach their grids for the delivery of energy to the western Iraqi governorate of Anbar.
the first segment of Iraq’s power interconnection venture with Jordan furnished Anbar with around 132 megawatts. the second segment of the mission is expected to offer Iraq with round one hundred megawatts, according to the Iraqi news employer (INA).
The Jordanian Ministry of electricity and Mineral assets noted earlier that the second one phase of the electrical interconnection project is anticipated to be completed in the first zone of 2025.
the first section of the challenge went into operation within the first sector of 2024, linking the Risha power plant in Jordan and the Al-Rutba electricity station in Iraq at a voltage of 132 kilovolts.
Iraq and Jordan signed an settlement in February inside the Jordanian capital Amman to provide Iraq with energy.
The director preferred of Jordan’s country wide electric power business enterprise (NEPCO), Amjad Al-Rawashdeh, emphasised in advance that the agreement is well suited with the commonplace goals of Jordan and Iraq to create electrical interconnection.
the electrical interconnection is expected to improve electrical power interchange and assist each facets’ electrical machine stability. it is also a superb development that might impact the lives of many Iraqis without delay.
within the medium run, similarly connecting levels may raise Jordan’s power deliver to Iraq to 500 megawatts.
