Tag Archives: Electricity

Iranian Oil Minister Javad Auchi announced on Saturday the extension of two gas export contracts between Iran and Iraq. These contracts pertain to supplying gas to power stations in Baghdad and Basra and have been extended for five years. Auchi announced this during his official visit to Baghdad, where he …

The spokesperson of the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity, Ahmed Musa, revealed last week that the electrical interconnection with Turkey is 100% complete, but Iraq is waiting for the preparation of an appropriate pricing list to implement the final operating agreement, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) reported. Musa confirmed that work …

Renewable energy contributed to more than 5% of Iraq’s electricity capacity in 2022, data from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have demonstrated. IRENA’s report indicates that the percentage of renewable energy has gradually decreased since 2014 when it was at 9%, reaching 7.4% in 2015 and 5.3% in 2021. …

An international team of scientists has discovered an enzyme that converts air into energy, using the low amounts of hydrogen in the atmosphere to create an electrical current. Their breakthrough, published in the journal Nature, opens the way to create devices that literally make energy from thin air. The research …

On Saturday, Iraq, and Jordan revealed that the electrical grid connection project and building a pipeline from Basra to Aqaba between the two countries would be launched soon. In a joint press conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Ahmed Al-Safadi, the Iraqi parliament speaker, Muhamed Al-Halboosi, said that the Jordanian delegation …

COP27 host Egypt is close to signing final agreements to build two wind and solar projects with a combined capacity of a gigawatt (GW) to boost the country’s lagging renewable power development. High levels of solar irradiation, strong winds, and expanses of desert in which to construct plants mean Egypt …

Iraq signed an agreement with a consortium led by Norway’s Scatec to build a 525-megawatt solar project, the oil ministry said on Thursday. Iraqi oil Minister Ihsan Abdul Jabbar said the value of the agreement stood at around $500 million. The consortium also includes Egypt’s Orascom Construction and Iraqi private …

A delegation from Lebanon’s caretaker government will visit Syria on Saturday in the highest-level visit in years, aiming to pave the way for a plan to ease a power crisis in Lebanon by transmitting electricity via the Syrian grid. Lebanese government officials have mostly avoided Syria since the war began …

Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity announced, on Thursday, the “systematic” targeting of 13 transmission towers within 48 hours in the governorates of Saladin, Kirkuk, and Nineveh. The Northern Electricity transmission General Company affiliated with the Ministry, said in a statement, “within the past 48 hours, the war against the transmission towers …

Iraq and Jordan on Thursday signed an agreement to implement an electrical linkage project between the two countries, a statement said. Adil Karim, Iraq’s Minister of Electricity, met with Hala Zawati, the Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, to discuss the executive stages of establishing the electrical connection between …

The Security Media Cell announced that an attack on a major power transmission tower linking Baghdad with Diyala had been thwarted. The Security Media Cell said in a statement seen by Alghadeer that the Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency’s detachments in the Ministry of Interior, based on intelligence information, found …

Every summer, Iraqis protest a lack of power in unbearable heat. Every summer, the government promises to do better. Why are Iraq’s electricity issues so hard to solve? Over the past few months, there have been a string of attacks on Iraq’s electricity infrastructure. Local media report that up to …

Iraqi Security Media Cell reported today that it had thwarted an attempt to blow up a power transmission tower in Diyala. The cell said in a statement that the Fifth Division of the Iraqi army managed to thwart an attempt to detonate a power transmission tower in al-Safra area with …

Demonstrators in Karbala gathered near the Directorate of Electricity earlier today, Sunday, to protest the deteriorating services. Alghadeer News correspondent said that al-Ahrar square demonstrators headed towards the Directorate’s headquarters, forced the employees to leave the building, and placed locks on the main door. Total shutdowns can occur when Iraq’s …

The Popular Mobilization Forces announced on Sunday that it had thwarted an attempt to detonate power transmission towers south of Nineveh. A statement by PMF, stated that a force from the 25th Brigade thwarted an attempt by ISIS terrorists’ gangs to detonate electric power transmission towers south of Nineveh province, …

Another bomb attack has been reported in northern Iraq targeting the power transmission towers to cut electricity in the region, a statement said on Saturday. A statement by the Electricity Transmission Company of Northern Iraq explained that the latest incidents hit five towers of power transmission as well as two …

The Iraqi Intelligence and Investigation Services in the Ministry of Interior thwarted, on Friday, a second attempt to attack the transmission line in Tikrit Island, Salahuddin. The Security Media Cell said in a statement, “The Federal Intelligence and Investigation Agency’s detachments in the Ministry of Interior detonated an explosive belt …

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi issued an executive order to dismiss a roster of officials in the Ministry of Electricity. According to a statement by al-Kadhimi’s media office, the Prime Minister dismissed the General Director of the State Company for Electricity Transmission/the Middle Euphrates and reprimanded him for neglecting his …

Iraq’s Minister of Electricity, Majed Hantoosh, submitted his resignation to the Prime Minister, Mustafa al-Kadhimi, today, Tuesday. The deterioration of the power supply due to increased weather temperature in summer and the organized attacks on power transmission tower was the motive of his resignation. The spokesperson of the Ministry, Ahmed …

An Iraqi power station in the holy city of Samarra has been struck by Katyusha rockets reportedly fired by Daesh terrorists after the United States conducted airstrikes on the country’s western border region.