Iraq and Jordan sign a contract to link the electricity grid between the two countries … these are its details
Iraq and Jordan sign a contract to link the electricity grid between the two countries … these are its details
09/27/2020 15:42:23
{International: Al Furat News} The governments of Iraq and Jordan signed a contract, today, Sunday, to link the electricity grid and sell electrical energy between the two countries.
According to the contract, which was concluded by means of video communication, Jordan will provide the Iraqi side in the first phase of the project with 1000 gigawatt hours per year, after the completion of the network connection between the two countries, followed by a second phase that allows the two sides to increase the capacity of electric energy exchange.
The signing of the contract was attended by the Minister of Electricity, Majed Al-Amara, and the Jordanian Minister of Energy and Mineral Resources, Hala Zawati, while the general manager of the General Electric Power Transmission Company / Central Region Barak Saad Nour signed the contract on the Iraqi side, and on the Jordanian side, the Director General of the National Electricity Company, Amjad Rawashdeh.
After the signing, Minister Zawati stressed the importance of the Jordanian-Iraqi connection in enhancing cooperation between Jordan and Iraq within the framework of Jordan’s aspiration to connect with neighboring countries for the purpose of exchanging electric energy, which would contribute to the stability of electrical systems and serve the trend towards establishing a common Arab energy market, which in turn will work to enhance integration. Arab economist.
She also stressed the importance of the contract, which is consistent with the goals of the comprehensive strategy for the energy sector for the years 2020-2030, for Jordan to be a regional center for the exchange of energy in all its forms, especially after signing a memorandum of understanding for the electrical connection with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, which constitutes a start for the comprehensive Arab electrical interconnection projects.
Minister Zawati praised the existing cooperation between Jordan and Iraq in the field of energy, stressing the importance of completing the remaining joint energy cooperation projects for its role in serving the interests of the two brotherly countries and peoples.
For his part, Al-Rawashdeh said that signing the contract will allow, after completing the connection between the two countries in its first phase, after about 26 months, for the National Electricity Company to export the electrical energy available in the Jordanian electrical system.
Al-Rawashdeh indicated that the interconnection project is in its second phase, which will be completed after completing the necessary technical studies, and what requires reinforcements for the electrical networks in the two countries, will allow the two sides to increase the capacity of electric energy exchange, in a manner that ensures the achievement of electric energy economics and exchange standards, in accordance with the best global practices followed.
He said, “This would reduce the capital costs needed to invest in future power plants and raise the capacity factor of the existing stations, in a way that serves the interests of the two brotherly countries and forms the nucleus of additional projects to link with the countries of the region.”
It should be noted that the start of supplying Iraq with electric power will take place after the completion of the construction of the new Risha conversion station in Jordan, and the construction of the electrical connection line that connects the new Risha station to the Al Qaim substation in Iraq, with a length of about 300 km, and these works will be completed within 26 months from the date of Signing of the contract.
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