Minister of Electricity: If Sudanese plan succeeds, we will get 24-hour processing easily
Minister of Electricity: If Sudanese plan succeeds, we will get 24-hour processing easily
2023-10-25
The Minister of Electricity, Ziad Ali Fadel, confirmed, on Tuesday, that it is possible to obtain 24 hours of electricity, if the Prime Minister is able to implement his plan, by adding 4 thousand megawatts every year, and this is conditional on the availability of the necessary financing, indicating “the existence of an advanced plan to rationalize consumption by using Smart meters.”
The Minister of Electricity said in statements followed by Al-Mutala’ Agency: “The citizen will enjoy electricity for 24 hours, if we reach a production capacity of 45 thousand megawatts, and we actually produce 24 thousand megawatts. If we succeed in implementing the government program plan, which consists of establishing stations Additional time limit of 4 years, and if we achieve full funding for the next four years, I confirm that the citizen will enjoy national electricity for 24 hours.”
Fadel continued: “We are now working to reduce the difference between one year and the next, so the citizen will enjoy an increase in the hours of supply every year. It is certain that the citizen will feel better compared to last summer, but it will not reach 24 hours. As for us reaching this number, it depends on our program, which aims to produce 11-13 thousand megawatts in addition to what is already available, and thus we will be able to reduce the difference. He added: We can
obtain An additional 11 thousand megawatts within 3-4 years, and we are gradually working to add 4 thousand megawatts annually. We are not only working to add energy, but to achieve optimal exploitation of it. Increasing production must be accompanied by limiting loads, if consumption remains open and if waste continues. We will not benefit from the current increase in electricity, so we are working to solve network problems and problems of energy rationalization and consumption.”
He stated: “The whole world is talking about renewable energy, and since I took over the ministry I have not found any signed contract to create solar energy. During this period we signed 3 contracts at a rate of 2,400 megawatts, and I confirm that there is not a single megawatt in Iraq produced through clean energy, and now we have 3 projects to produce electricity with clean energy.
He concluded by saying: “All neighboring countries are establishing gas stations according to the type of fuel available to them. We are now going towards establishing 3 stations with a capacity of 700 megawatts, operating on the available types of fuel. We own crude oil, but whoever talks about its harm to the environment should know that We have pollution treatment units, and we can put them in production units, so we have included, during the year 2023, a plan to establish 3 thermal stations, based on Iraqi fuel, the first is the North station, the Shinafiya station in Diwaniyah, and the Anbar thermal station, which is now under contract.”
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