Jordan’s country wide electric powered energy business enterprise (NEPCO) has introduced an settlement with Iraq to extend the energy supply contract for one year.
NEPCO’s Director fashionable, Dr. Sufyan Bataineh, confirmed that, at Iraq’s request, the agency will retain imparting energy from Jordan’s grid to Iraq’s Al-Rutba place until September 2026, or till the deliberate 400 kV Jordan-Iraq interconnection line is operational.
The extension follows a meeting in Amman among Dr. Bataineh and Eng. Riyadh Araibi, Director fashionable of Iraq’s preferred company for power Transmission – critical place, alongside along with his delegation.
Jordan reaffirmed its readiness to energise the 400 kV interconnection from the Risha substation, at the same time as the Iraqi aspect expects to finish paintings on its segment of the undertaking inside six months.
The interconnection is intended as a first step toward synchronised grid integration between the 2 nations, improving energy safety and stability while strengthening bilateral cooperation.
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