Electricity Minister : Wasit thermal power plant will enter service next month

BAGHDAD-INA

The Minister of Electricity in charge, Adel Karim, confirmed Friday, that the Wasit thermal power plant will enter service in the middle of next month.

 A statement by the ministry, received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), stated that "the Minister of Electricity in charge inspected the Wasit Thermal Power Station, accompanied by the Director General of Production for the Central Region, Ali Ahmed Hassan, and a delegation of general managers and advisors."

It added that "the minister began the visit by conducting a field tour between the corridors of the station, and inquired about the mechanism of work and maintenance of the station that feeds the national system with (2,540 megawatts).

 The statement added, "The minister was briefed on the reality of the work of the control rooms, the maintenance mechanism for air heaters and the readiness of the boiler in the second obstetric unit, and the follow-up to the operation of the fourth unit with the advantages of efficiency and energy.

 Karim directed "the necessity of fastening the ongoing maintenance, and the importance of standing up to the efficiency of the operators with an orientation towards training the staff of the Salah Al-Din Thermal Station in Zubaidia, and putting them in the operating workshops."