The annual report of the Jordanian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources confirmed that the second phase of the Jordanian-Iraqi electrical interconnection will be completed in the first quarter of 2025, according to the workflow plan.
The report indicated, according to the Jordan News Agency (Petra), that civil and engineering works have begun to supply materials, electrical circuit breakers, transformers and their accessories, and to implement the 400 kV electrical transmission line.
It stated that the second phase of the connection includes supplying the Qaim area on the Iraqi side with electricity in a radial manner carrying 150-200 MW at a voltage of 400 kV after completing the construction of the transmission line with a length of 330 kV, in addition to completing the connection works at Al- Qaim 132/400 kV conversion station on the Iraqi side, and establishing the Risha 33/132/400 kV conversion station on the Jordanian side.
It pointed out that the first phase of the connection with the Iraqi side
, which entered into force in the first quarter of this year, included supplying the Rutba area on the Iraqi side with a voltage of 132 kV to feed it in a radial manner carrying 40 MW at a voltage of 132 kV after completing the construction of the transmission line from the Iraqi side with a length of 150 km.
The report indicated the preparation of all technical and economic studies and agreements related to the connection project with Saudi Arabia (the connection agreement, the operating agreement and the commercial agreement).
It added that the loan and guarantee agreements for the Jordanian-Saudi interconnection project were initialed with the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development, worth (22) million Kuwaiti dinars, equivalent to 71.6 million dollars, and are awaiting the signing of the agreements in preparation for the start of the project implementation.
Regarding the Jordanian-Egyptian interconnection, the report explained that the Jordanian electricity grid has been linked to the Egyptian gr
id simultaneously since 1999 with a 400 kV submarine cable extending across the Gulf of Aqaba for a length of 13 km and a capacity of 550 megawatts, as the contract for the exchange of electricity between the two countries is renewed annually, and work is underway to increase the capacity of the interconnection line between the two countries by adding a new submarine cable in two circuits, each circuit with a capacity of one thousand megawatts.
Source: National Iraqi News Agency