The representative for the Iraqi Service of Power, Ahmed Musa, uncovered on Monday that Iraq needs 48,000 megawatts to cover homegrown power utilization.
Musa told Rudaw News that Iraq right now delivers somewhat more than 27,000 megawatts, noticing that the Iraqi government is working with the Kurdistan Local Government (KRG) to support power result to compensate for its assessed 19,000 megawatt power deficiency.
80% of Iraq’s power plants burn gasoline, some of which is imported from Iran on a five-year bargain, giving 50 million cubic meters of gas consistently, as per Musa.
The Iraqi official explained that the Kurdistan region of Iraq supplies electricity to Iraq in exchange for the fuel that Baghdad sends to Iraqi Kurdistan to generate electricity.
The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity announced in March that it is increasing electricity production to 27,000 megawatts, an increase of 3,000 megawatts from the previous summer.
Iraq imports a lot of gas from Iran, but the country has recently invested in a lot of projects to start using flared gas and renewable energy to make electricity.
Iraq cannot generate electricity without importing gas from Iran. However, Baghdad finds it difficult to pay for Iranian gas due to US sanctions on Iran.
Every day, Iraq experiences power outages that can last up to ten hours. During the scorching summer, when the temperature exceeds 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees Fahrenheit), the situation gets even worse.
Midway through March, Ziyad Ali Fadel, the Iraqi Minister of Electricity, made the announcement that an agreement had been made with Siemens Energy to turn flared gas into fuel within six months.
Fadel confirmed that the agreement is a component of the Iraqi government’s efforts to stop the burning of gas and make use of it to generate electricity.
