1,000 Megawatts to be added to Iraq’s electric power by end of May.

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Iraq ’s Electricity Ministry plans to add 1,000 megawatts to the electric power in the country by the end of the current month, the media spokesman for the Ministry said on Thursday.   “The Electricity Ministry plans to add during the next summer season, a number of new electric units to the electric network, estimated to reach 1,000 megawatts by the end of the current month,” Mus’ab al-Mudarris told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said that “the program, that began five months ago and expected to be completed by the end of this month, includes the rehabilitation of a number of electric units in the Iraqi provinces.”   “We also have a plan to connect the Iranian power line of 200 megawatts, as the Electricity Ministry had completed stretching the power poles to the Iranian borders, and the line shall enter into service next June, in addition to import a 250-migawatts from Iran, as well as the importation by the Ministry of Hondai Diesel Motors in June, with a total 380 megawatt power,” he added.   Mudarrisi also said that the Ministry also plans to “conclude an agreement with Turkey to import 200 megawatts, through the Turkish-Syrian line,” adding that that the Turkish side had agreed to increase the level of the level of Euphrates River, in order to commission a hydropower station on Haditha Dam.   SKH (IT)   592