Iraqi power plants shut down due to Iran's declining gas supplies
In contrast to the agreed-upon amounts of 55 million cubic meters per day between the two countries, the amounts of gas imported from the Islamic Republic of Iran have significantly decreased in recent hours, dropping to about 25 million cubic meters per day, according to Saad Farih, the director of the Fuel Directorate at the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity.
This abrupt reduction caused many gas-fired power plants in Iraq to be out of order, according to Farih.
Through ongoing cooperation with the Ministry of Oil, the Ministry of Electricity is making significant efforts to restore balance to the generating system and address some of the current shortfall by utilizing alternative fuels, according to the Iraqi official.
The Iraqi Minister of Electricity, Ziyad Ali Fadel, said earlier that while Iraq generated 27,000 megawatts of electricity in 2024, the actual need was 48,000 megawatts.
Fadel revealed in April that the ministry is undertaking initiatives that employ local fuel. He explained that achieving energy self-sufficiency and cutting dependency on imported fuel, which has led to a crisis in the country's electrical system in the last few years, are the main goals of the government's strategy to grow the energy sector.
With the help of locally produced fuel, Iraq's electrical sector is set to make substantial progress toward power production projects, which will eventually lead to energy self-sufficiency.
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