Iraq agrees with Siemens to build five new stations to boost electricity grid

On Tuesday, Ahmed Musa, the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity spokesman, said the ministry approved the German company “Siemens” to produce a technical map to progress the electric transmission sector.

Among the decisions taken with Siemens, Musa stated Shafaq News Agency, “among the steps agreed upon is the establishment of five stations in a number of governorates, including the capital, Baghdad.”

Emphasising that each station will have a capacity of 1,500 megawatts, Musa said, “these stations will provide a total capacity of up to 7,500 megawatts,” stressing that “work is underway to develop the transportation sector in Iraq to achieve higher reliance in the connection and disposal of the energy produced.”

“The network and 400 stations construct the lines joining the governorates,” he said, therefore increasing the quality of the networks, preventing transport accidents, and guaranteeing the supply of distribution networks.”

Saying “the agreement with the German company Siemens includes specific financial allocations and that the contracts are ready to establish the five stations, so indicating that “these stations will be part of the ministry’s plan for the next three years, and will be transformer stations responsible for discharging the energy produced and feeding the electricity grid through transmission lines.”

Starting yesterday, Monday, Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani commenced the executive works on the expansion projects of the Al-Haidariyah and Al-Najaf gas-fired power plants with a combined cycle and a total capacity of 495 MW. He also initiated the 400-kilowatt transformer station project in tandem with the German corporation Siemens.