Increased Turkish electricity exports to Iraq face challenges
The European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-e) confirmed that it may take several months for Turkish energy to begin flowing to Iraq, according to Attaqa News.
After the ENTSO-e gives its approval, Ankara plans to boost Turkish electricity exports to Iraq by about 300 megawatts.
In mid-March, during a meeting with the Iraqi Minister of Electricity, Ziyad Ali Fadel, the Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, stated that the Iraq-Turkey electrical interconnection project would raise electricity supplies to Iraq to 600 megawatts in the upcoming months, according to a statement cited by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).
Bayraktar also expressed his country's interest in strengthening cooperation with Iraq in several areas, especially the energy sector.
Last July, the Turkish and Iraqi governments successfully established an electrical interconnection line that currently provides Iraq with 300 megawatts of electricity.
The Iraqi government is apparently attempting to expand its electricity imports from neighboring Turkey following statements made by Iraqi officials last week that the United States' sanctions waiver for the import of Iranian electrical power has been canceled.
Additionally, the spokesperson of the US Department of State, Tammy Bruce, said earlier in March that the US administration is urging the Iraqi government to eliminate its dependence on Iranian sources of energy as soon as possible.
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