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
Read More
CAIRO, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Iraq imports 7 gigawatts (GW) of electricity from Iran to make up the shortfall between domestic power production and the country’s needs, a power ministry official said on Wednesday. Abbas Jabber, electricity ministry undersecretary, told a conference in Cairo that “maybe in three years” Iraq could achieve self-sufficiency but added that it would be
Read More