Electricity an Renewable Energy – Iraqi Economists Network

Bloomberg’s Report Is Insubstantial and Iraq Doesn’t Need Nuclear Power. By Humam Miscone *

A recent Bloomberg news report entitled Iraq Aims to Go Nuclear to Resolve Crippling Power Shortages[1] revealed that Iraq is planning to build 8 nuclear reactors to generate electricity to close an expected electricity supply gap of 50% by 2030. The news report quoted Dr. Kamal Hussain Latif, Chairman of the Iraqi Radioactive Sources Regulatory Authority (IRSRA) saying that th

Speakers: Dr Barik Schuber: IEN Coordinator and Senior International Economic Advisor. Ali Alsafar: IEA MENA Program manager. Guest speaker: Mr. Ali Shamara: Private Investor and independent power producer. Introduction: The Iraqi Economists Network recognizes the repercussion of the failure of all the plans, the allocation resources, and the implemented proje

1. Despite massive economic and human potential, Iraq has suffered from decades of conflict and economic volatility. The government of Iraq (GoI) faces the dual challenge of stabilizing and growing the economy while also ensuring security, jobs, and basic services to Iraqis across the country. A resource‐rich, middle‐income country, Iraq has experienced internal a

Main Policy Failures and the necessity of effective reforms of the Iraqi Power Sector. By Barik Schuber* Since 2004 Iraq had 8 Ministers of Electricity. All of them were electrical engineers, except one, Dr. Luay al-Khatteeb. All of them were not able to solve the long-lasting problem of ensuring sufficient power supply to the suffering Iraqi population. The present minist

Iraq’s long-running electricity dilemma is now a daily source of public misery. The struggle of the power generation and distribution system to keep up with relentless demand caused by almost free electricity, especially as temperatures soar to record levels of over 120 degrees, is likely to get worse without reforms. While the problems facing this critical sector may be num