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Iraq to witness surplus in power production in next summer, says Aftan

Iraq to witness surplus in power production in next summer, says Aftan

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Minister of Electricity, Karim Aftan, stressed that many stations for electric power will join the service with excess energy in next summer.

During a ceremony of inaugurating the second Hilla Gas power station in Babel, Aftan said that “A number of power stations will be inaugurated during the next summer such as Khairat, Quds, Wassit, Mansouriya, Rumela, Uqaz, and Dazergan stations where the total production of power will be 13,000 megawatts.”

It is worth mentioning that Babel province witnessed, on Saturday, the ceremony of inaugurating Hilla Gas Power Station in presence of the Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, Aftan, and the Deputy PM, Hussein al-Shahristani, besides other officials in the province.

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