PM announces readiness to launch the largest project to produce 10,000 megawatts of electricity

Baghdad-INA
Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani announced on Thursday, from the holy city of Karbala, the readiness to launch the largest project to produce 10,000 megawatts of electricity.
 
The Prime Minister's media office stated, in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA), that "the Prime Minister launched the executive works of three power station projects in the holy city of Karbala, which he arrived at today, Thursday, namely; the combined cycle of the Karbala gas station with a capacity of (132 megawatts), the Karbala solar energy investment station with a capacity of (300 megawatts), and the Karbala secondary transformer station 400 KV, with a capacity of (1500 megawatts)."
 
The Prime Minister announced, during the ceremony, "the government's readiness to launch the largest project to produce (10) thousand megawatts of electricity, which is a strategic project in electricity, 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."
 
It stressed 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 posing a burden on the state and its financial budget."
 
The statement 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."
 
According to the statement, the Prime Minister stressed "the importance of supporting the private sector, which represents a support for the government in facing crises, and he also stressed the specificity 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 path of visitors commemorating the Arbaeen", stressing that "the government's work continues through its ministerial team, local governments and advisors, and the support of the honorable members of the House of Representatives for the service, urban and economic program in all fields, which is what we planned for from the beginning in all fields."
 
It is noteworthy 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 power 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 power 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 is the first transformer station of its kind in Karbala, and will contribute to relieving bottlenecks in the network, thus raising the level of stability and meeting the needs of the various sectors in the Middle Euphrates region.