Al-Sudani: Developing electrical transmission and distribution systems is an addition of new capacity to produce national electrical energy

Prime Minister, Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani stressed that developing the electrical transmission and distribution systems is an addition of new capacity to produce national electrical energy. A statement from the Prime Minister's Office stated that Al-Sudani inaugurated, via a television circuit, a number of electrical energy projects in the governorates of Nineveh and Salah al-Din, which are concerned with solving bottlenecks in the transmission and distribution sectors. The new projects included the Mosul Dam station with two transformers with a capacity of (2x 250 MVA), Yarmoukah South Power Station with a capacity of (132 KVA), adding transmission lines from Yarmoukah to Al-Kayara Station with a capacity of (3x 63 MVA), and inaugurating the expansion of the Baiji Transformer Station with a capacity of (2x 250 MVA) with the implementation of Baiji-South Tikrit transmission lines. In a speech during the inauguration, Al-Sudani praised the efforts of workers in various sectors of the Ministry of Electricity, expressing his appreciation for what they have accomplished in exceptional circumstances and timing, indicating that these projects suffered from procrastination for years, after being sabotaged by ISIS gangs, and were completed by qualified national cadres, equipped with the latest global sources, and employing new technology that is entering the national system for the first time, especially in the Mosul station. Al-Sudani stressed that these projects come in accordance with the scientific diagnosis, which reveals that there is a problem in transmission and distribution that is parallel to the shortage in the production of electrical energy, and that any development in the transmission sector and solving the Bottlenecks of the national network will have a positive impact in the form of adding a new capacity to produce electrical energy. The Prime Minister also indicated the government's progress and orientation towards this development that allows transfer and flexibility in the transfer of energy, reduci ng loads, and achieving stability in the hours of supply reaching the citizen, which will support the achievement of development in other sectors, In addition to confirming the direction to complete all stalled projects and finish them completely./End Source: National Iraqi News Agency