NEPCO report reveals power connections with other countries, Iraq included

INA - SOURCES 

The annual report of the National Electricity Power Company in Jordan - NEPCO revealed on Saturday, the taken measures for the purposes of the Jordanian electrical connection with the countries of Iraq, Egypt, Syria, Palestine and Saudi Arabia, during the past year 2020.

The report included the measures that were taken for the purpose of the Jordanian-Gulf-Egyptian electrical connection during the past year 2020.

According to the company’s annual report, the energy exchange contract between the Jordanian and Egyptian sides was renewed for the year 2021, and with regard to the Jordanian-Syrian electrical connection, “no energy exchange took place during 2020,”

As for the Jordanian-Palestinian electrical connection (Jericho), an agreement was signed to establish the Ramah substation 132/33 kV (the first phase during May of this year, with a transformational capacity of 1 x 80 MVA), for the purpose of raising the capacity of supplying electric power to Jerusalem District Electricity Company and signing the supply contract; energy sale contract.

The Jordanian-Saudi electrical connection, according to the report, the technical and economic studies of the project were completed by an international consultant, and a memorandum of understanding was signed between the two countries represented by the Saudi Ministry of Electricity and the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, with the aim of authorizing the concerned companies in both countries (National Electricity Company and the Electricity Company of Saudi Arabia) to negotiate the preparations of a linkage agreements and choose the best model for financing the project.

As for the Jordanian-Gulf-Egyptian electrical interconnection, the memorandum of understanding was renewed during 2019, and the memorandum included the inclusion of the Egyptian side within the interconnection project, and a global consultant was appointed to prepare the technical, economic and environmental feasibility studies for the project, and it is expected that all necessary studies would be completed during 2021.

In terms of Jordanian-Iraqi electrical interconnection, a draft contract for the supply of electric power was signed from the Jordanian side to the Iraqi side as a first phase of the project, and the project implementation mechanism was signed between the two sides, represented by the National Electricity Company and the General Electricity Transmission Company; Central Region last July.