Al-Sudani announces from Karbala the readiness to launch the largest project to produce ten thousand megawatts of electricity
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani announced the government’s readiness to launch the largest project to produce (10) thousand megawatts of electric power.
Al-Sudani said in a speech at the launch ceremony of three electricity production projects in Karbala Governorate: “It is a strategic project in electrical energy, 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 Shia Al-Sudani launched the implementation works of three power station projects in the holy Karbala Governorate, which he arrived at today, Thursday, namely; the combined cycle of the Karbala gas station with a capacity of (132 megawatts), the Karbala investment solar energy station with a capacity of (300 megawatts), and the Karbala secondary transformer station 400 KV, with a capacity of (1500 megawatts).
During the ceremony, Al-Sudani announced the government’s readiness to launch the largest project to produce (10) thousand megawatts of electric power. It 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 specialists in electricity.
Al-Sudani stressed, according to the statement, 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 transportation 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 solar 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 route of the visitors commemorating the Arbaeen, stressing that the government’s work continues through its ministerial team, local governments and advisors, and the support of the members of the House of Representatives for the service, urban and economic program in all fields, which is what we have planned for from the beginning in all fields.
It is worth noting 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 Banks Secondary Station 400 KV, with a capacity of (1500) megawatts, it is being implemented within the second phase of the electrical energy transmission projects, under the contract with the German company Siemens, and it is the first transformer station of its kind in Karbala, and it will contribute to relieving bottlenecks in the network, which will raise the level of stability and meet the needs of the various sectors in the Middle Euphrates region.
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