According to Payam Bagheri, the chairman of the Export Committee of Iran Electricity Industry Syndicate, the Power grids of the two neighbors will be synchronized by the end of 2019, and Tehran will help reduce power loss in Iraq in the following year.
Iraq's power loss during distribution is over 50%, which will reportedly drop to 30% by the end of 2020.
According to the official, “There is also a plan to increase the efficiency of Iraqi power plants and raise power generation capacity by the end of 2021.”
Iran's maximum electricity export to Iraq is 1,500 megawatts (subject to seasonal fluctuations), he said.
According to official data, 82% of Iraq's electricity is generated by thermal power plants that use gas as feedstock. This volume is expected to reach 84% by 2027.
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