Iraq is in talks with the Syrian side on the imports of electricity to the city of Mosul

The Ministry of Electricity of Iraq said that Iraq was in talks with the Syrian side on the imports of electricity to the city of Mosul, pointing to the possibility of Iraq’s accession to the regional electricity net includes Syria and Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Libya and Iraq.

Syrian news agency (SANA) quoted for the adviser to the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity Adel Mahdi as saying that “Iraq is in talks with Syria on the imports of electricity this summer across the line is a capacity 70 MW extends to the northern city of Mosul,” adding that “Iraq needs to negotiate with Syria and Jordan to complete the installation of transmission lines needed. ”

Earlier reports had indicated that it is fed into the Mosul area, the Syrian electricity could an estimated 50 MW through a project linking the power station along the Swedish border with Iraq eight kilometers to reach Abodahir region in northern Iraq.

In a related context, Mahdi pointed to the possibility of Iraq’s accession to the regional electricity network includes both Syria and Turkey, Lebanon, Palestine, Jordan, Egypt, Libya and Iraq, where it is expected that the energy of regional power grid, enough to supply each member of more than 500 MW.

The electricity linkage project between the eight countries has positive results have contributed to meeting the energy demand, and the countries participating in this linkage has advanced steps in the coordination and integration among them in the field of electricity, most recently the electric linkage with Lebanon tension (400 kV) since April 27 of the year 2009.

reports confirmed that the demand for electric power in Syria is increasing annually by 10%, and that this requires the creation of new generation plants are able to reach more than 800 megawatts per year.

It is noteworthy that the Iraqi national net , seven years after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, suffers from its inability to provide electricity in full, as provided for only a few hours every day, Iraqis complain of power outages frequently.