New electricity station to be linked to national electricity system in Karbala

Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Ministry of Electricity announced That “The technical and engineering cadres have accomplished the general checking up for the electrical equipments related to Kherat gas station in Karbala province to prepare its linking to the national electricity network.”The Minister of Electricity, Abd al-Karim Aftan, demanded, on last month, the Turkish Company, that is responsible for implementing the Kherat gas station project, to include eight generative units with (1000 MW) power capacity before the upcoming summer.”The official spokesperson of the Ministry of Electricity, Musab al-Mudaris, reported in a statement received by IraqiNews.com “The general testing covered the protection devices and the electrical equipments for the generative units in Kherat gas station in preparation for connecting it to the national electricity system.”