Record heat, politics inflame Iraq's electricity shortages
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As temperatures soar to record levels this summer — reaching 52 degrees Celsius (125 Fahrenheit) in Baghdad last week — Iraq’s power supply has fallen short of demand yet again, creating a spark for renewed anti-government protests. The government has already implemented emergency measures to divert power used in operations in oil fields to add to the grid, officials in oil and electricity ministries said. The U.S. has pushed for deals with Gulf allies to diversify Iraq’s power supply, three officials said.Two projects appear to be in advanced stages of negotiations. “They had a video-conference with the (Electricity) Ministry in early July — representatives from the U.S. were on the call to push them.” The second is the development of a much-anticipated gas hub in southern Iraq to feed domestic power demands.Talks are ongoing to develop Iraq’s Ratawi oil field and capture gas flared in nearby fields to generate electricity.
As said here by SAMYA KULLAB and NABIL AL-JURANI