top Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani has laid the muse stone for a primary upgrade at the Dora [Doura] Thermal energy Plant in Baghdad, such as the rehabilitation of two present thermal units (2 x one hundred sixty MW) and the set up of new devices (2 x a hundred and sixty MW), adding a total of 640 MW to the grid.
talking at the release event on Monday, Al-Sudani highlighted the strategic importance of the plant because of its vital area in Baghdad and its potential to utilise output from the close by Dora Refinery below strict environmental standards.
He reaffirmed the authorities’s ongoing efforts to comfortable gasoline deliver for all energy flowers and to acquire electricity independence. “through the stop of 2027, Iraq may have attained self-sufficiency in gasoline deliver for all modern-day and future electricity stations,” he stated.
The high Minister additionally praised the Ministry of electricity for keeping a constant and appropriate stage of energy deliver via its decongestion programme for transmission and distribution sectors.
He referred to that Iraq is likewise advancing renewable energy projects, with solar electricity projects expected to come back online within a 12 months.
the brand new and rehabilitated gadgets will be related to the 132 kV internal grid within the Karkh region of Baghdad, helping energy distribution and meeting growing neighborhood call for. Rehabilitation of the existing gadgets might be executed on a phased agenda to avoid production downtime, the usage of gas from the adjacent refinery.
The mission is being carried out by way of Dubai-based Al-Nukhba OFS.
