“This is very good news,” said Raad Shalal, an official at the Iraq Ministry of Electricity. “This will help to reduce the shortage of electricity across the country.” Iraq and US engineers have reduced the shortage this month, adding 152 megawatts to the national grid to bring the national total to more than 5,200 megawatts - enough to service 15.6 million Iraqi homes.
“We continue to work in partnership with the Iraqi people to provide the country with additional electricity,” said Major Erik Stor, the operations officer for the US Army Corps of Engineers Restore Iraqi Electricity Directorate. “The electricity this new generator produces will offer the Iraqi people a long-term aid in bettering the safety and security of this country.”
