Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani announced, from Nasiriyah, which he arrived in today, Tuesday, the launch of work on a number of projects related to expanding and developing the transmission and distribution networks for electrical energy in the governorate, in addition to a group of expansion projects for production stations. Al-Sudani pointed out during a visit to the South Nasiriyah Power Station that the expansion and modernization of the energy transmission sectors will provide flexibility in equipment, and in addition to collection and rationalization of consumption, it can add full hours of equipment for citizens.
Al-Sudani explained, during his chairing of a meeting with officials at the Nasiriyah Station, in the presence of the Minister of Electricity, a number of members of the House of Representatives, and the Governor of Dhi Qar, that the first of these projects within the framework of electricity production is related to the combined cycle in agreement with GE, which will add 250 megawat
ts to the production of the gas station, and the agreement with Siemens will add 921 megawatts of energy, and includes the establishment of simple cycle gas units with two units and a combined unit.
According to a statement by his media office, Al-Sudani launched the executive works of two solar power generation projects with a total capacity of 800 megawatts, the first is the solar power station project in Maysaloun with a capacity of 500 megawatts, and the other is the solar energy project in Ur with a capacity of 300 megawatts.
The transmission projects launched by the Prime Minister include the South Nasiriyah Secondary Station with a capacity of 400 kV, as well as the establishment of two strategic lines (Rumaila – South Nasiriyah) and (South Nasiriyah – Dhi Qar Combined), with a capacity of 400 kV, and the expansion of the external network of the Dhi Qar Combined Station with a capacity of 400 kV, in addition to the Oreido, Industrial Housing Secondary, and Al-Rafai Secondary Stations, with a capacity
of 132 kV, in addition to the commencement of a number of transmission lines with a capacity of 132 kV, including (Oreido – Housing) (Housing – East – Nasiriyah) (Dhi Qar Combined – Al-Bathaa) (General Drain – South Nasiriyah) (South Nasiriyah – Al-Busayyah).
Al-Sudani stressed that “without the diligent follow-up by the responsible cadres, we would not have been able to complete these projects in various governorates.”
He said that the electricity problem is not limited to generation, but is also a problem of distribution and transmission.
He added that the government’s first concern was to complete the combined cycle projects to provide 10,000 megawatts, 6,000 of which have been completed through investment, and the rest were included in the Chinese agreement.
He explained that future plans include 1,260 megawatts of electricity for Dhi Qar Governorate within the new economic model.
He continued: We distributed the projects to other governorates, according to the fuel used, and according to the bottlen
ecks and gap in production and the availability of water for the stations.
Al-Sudani said: We started with the transmission line projects that will prevent a complete shutdown, and we are completing the rest of the transmission networks to provide great flexibility in transferring energy.
He added that “we hope to explain the dimensions of the government plans to the citizen through the local government, and the projects stem from a vision and planning in all sectors.”
He stressed that this government has no stalled projects, and all previous stalled projects are being addressed today, and the decisions of the Council of Ministers are following up on ending this file.
Al-Sudani appreciated the efforts of technicians and workers in the Ministry of Electricity, in these difficult climatic conditions, as they endure all pressures in order to accomplish their tasks.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency