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11/18/2011 | (Voice of Iraq) - Add Comment - (Rn) and confirmed the Federal Ministry of Alkahrabaalaracah, Friday, reaching hours processing in Baghdad and the provinces power up to 16 hours a day, confirming that the current period has seen to reduce loads on the national system. Iraq has suffered shortage of electric power, and still the national network is able to provide electricity supply for more than a few hours a day and come interruptions frequent electricity at the top of citizens' complaints. A spokesman for the ministry Musab teacher that "the provision of citizens of the electrical energy has now reached to 16 hours a day, "noting that" the mild weather and lack of need for electrical appliances, many helped to increase the hours of processing. " said the teacher that "loads less heavily on the national system, which prompted the ministry to increase the hours of processing, especially in the night period, which remains the processing where a continuous . " Iraq has witnessed angry demonstrations in protest against the lack of electricity in a number of southern cities with high temperatures over 50 degrees. and work stations of Iraq's electricity about two thirds of its capacity of 11 thousand MW due to their exposure to attacks from insurgents and years of neglect. The ministry had asked the President Minister Nuri al-Maliki, solving the problem of strict controls in contracting with foreign and local companies to set up power stations, which caused delays in completing projects. According to experts, Iraq is in need of a contingency plan through the provision of small stations provide about 11 thousand volts comes ready from neighboring countries, and are setting up this international companies interested in investment projects cuts. Iraq is planning to increase the capacity of electricity to 27 thousand MW in the next four years and require an investment of not less than three to $ 4 billion per year to be able to achieve this goal. From: Haidar Ibrahim, the Open: Peace Baghdadi
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