Prime Minister, Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani announced the government’s readiness to launch the largest project to produce (10) thousand megawatts of electricity.
Al-Sudani said in a speech at the launch ceremony of three electricity production projects in Karbala Governorate: “It is a strategic project in electricity, which will be implemented according to a new economic model and a new vision that will be announced to the private sector, after it has been studied by a team of consultants specializing in electricity.”
A statement from his media office stated that Prime Minister Mohammed Shiaa Al-Sudani launched the executive works of three power station projects in the holy Karbala Governorate, which he arrived today, Thursday, namely; The combined cycle of the Karbala gas station with a capacity of (132 megawatts), the Karbala solar energy investment station with a capacity of (300 megawatts), and the 400 KV banks of Karbala secondary transformer station, with a capacity of (1500 megawatts).
During the cerem
ony, Al-Sudani announced the government’s readiness to launch the largest project to produce (10) thousand megawatts of electric power, which is a strategic project in electric power, which will be implemented according to a new economic model and a new vision that will be announced to the private sector, after it has been studied by a team of consultants and electricity specialists.
According to the statement, Al-Sudani stressed that the stability of energy sources is an encouraging factor for investment and development, and pushes for the development of sources of income by activating all other economic sectors, in addition to the ongoing work to improve the transmission and distribution sector, to deliver electricity service in a sustainable manner to the citizen, without it being a burden on the state and its financial budget.
He pointed out that the combined cycle projects and solar energy projects are part of the government’s plans to reform the electricity system, indicating that the launch of the so
lar energy project in Karbala and Babylon will continue with the rest of the governorates, which is happening for the first time in Iraq, stressing the importance of supporting the private sector, which represents a support for the government in facing crises, and he also stressed the special nature of the holy Karbala Governorate, which is visited by millions of visitors throughout the year from inside and outside Iraq.
The Prime Minister appreciated all the efforts made along the path of visitors commemorating the Arbaeen, stressing that the government’s work continues through its ministerial team, local governments and advisors, and the support of members of the House of Representatives for the service, urban and economic program in all fields, which is what we have planned from the beginning in all fields.
It is noteworthy that the three station projects will achieve an increase in the production of electrical energy, as the combined cycle of the Karbala gas station contributes to adding (132) megawatts
to the currently operating station, with a total design capacity of (250) megawatts, while the Karbala solar energy investment station project is one of several important contracts concluded by the government in the field of renewable energy projects with a number of specialized international companies, including signing a contract to implement a solar energy station with a private sector company with a capacity of (300) megawatts. As for the Karbala secondary bank station 400 KV, with a capacity of (1500) megawatts, it is being implemented within the second phase of electrical energy transmission projects, under the contract with the German company Siemens, and is the first transformer station of its kind in Karbala, and will contribute to relieving bottlenecks in the network, which will raise the level of stability and meet the needs of various sectors in the Middle Euphrates region.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency