26-03-2025
Second phase of Iraq's electrical link with Jordan to be finished in July
Baghdad ( – Director General of the National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) Sufyan Batayneh revealed on Wednesday that the second phase of the Jordan-Iraq electricity interconnection project is expected to be finished by the end of July 2025.
NEPCO has completed 95 percent of the project's civil works, according to a statement released by Batayneh on Wednesday. The company is still working to set up electrical systems and carry out necessary inspections, Jordan News Agency reported.
The second phase of the electrical interconnection project between the two neighboring countries is expected to supply the Iraqi town of Al-Qaim with 150-200 megawatts.
The first phase of the project went into operation in the first quarter of 2024, linking the Risha power plant in Jordan and the Al-Rutba power station in Iraq at a voltage of 132 kilovolts.
Iraq and Jordan signed an agreement in February 2024 in the Jordanian capital, Amman, to provide Iraq with 40 megawatts of electricity in the first phase.
In the medium run, further connecting phases may raise Jordan's electricity supply to Iraq to 500 megawatts.
