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| Iraq Electricity Output Increases |
| 2004-02-25 |
| Iraq’s electrical system could be producing as much as 12,000 megawatts of power by the end of this year, the electricity minister said Wednesday. Speaking at the opening of the Beiji Mobile Power Plant just north of Tikrit, Ayham al-Sammarae said the new plant, which went online Wednesday, will supply 184 megawatts of power to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ ongoing Restore Iraqi Electricity program. "Hopefully we’ll be able to reach 12,000 megawatts by the end of the year," he told electrical workers, U.S. engineers and soldiers. As opposed to less than 3,000 megawatts before the war, most of it diverted to Baghdad. The power station, about 140 miles north of Baghdad, is made up of eight portable diesel-powered turbine generators and is expected to push overall electricity production for the national grid to 6,000 megawatts by the summer, al-Sammarae said. The reconstruction continues. Wonder how the Democrats will spin this one? |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #14 #8. Steve you forgot to include that 'chainey' gets a cut for diesel fuel burned.:-) |
| Posted by: GK 2004-2-25 9:18:04 PM |
| #13 But these are lower-paying watts. All the high-paying watts have been exported. Plus, we have not recovered the 3 gigawatt-hours that have been lost during Bush's tenure. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2004-2-25 8:12:50 PM |
| #12 LH, hee-hee, I knew you'd respond :-) I don't mind the job Brahimi is doing; I'm glad to see that one part of the U.N. is actually functional. Love the Tolstoy quote :-) |
| Posted by: Steve White 2004-2-25 7:33:49 PM |
| #11 infidel pigs--all your generators are belong to us |
| Posted by: SON OF TOLUI 2004-2-25 5:04:13 PM |
| #10 Now if only they can increase their output of crude oil, and stem the latest tide of rising gasoline prices.... &%!@$#*... |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-2-25 4:05:27 PM |
| #9 It's all about Diesel!!!!!!!!!!!!! Spins my |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-2-25 4:01:04 PM |
| #8 diesel-powered turbine generators They're DIESEL powered! They burn OIL! Burning OIL causes GLOBAL WARMING! BUSH is DESTROYING the clean Iraqi air! There, that sounds about right, doesn't it, muck? |
| Posted by: Steve 2004-2-25 3:57:37 PM |
| #7 the occupation can be badly managed, and still end successfully. Some of us have beleived from the beginning that the people of Iraq badly want a democracy, and are a competent hardworking people - thats WHY we supported the war - their desire for democracy, and their will to oppose the baathists and jihadis, may be enough to overcome incompetence in the admin conduct of the occupation. Or the admin may be competent in its conduct of the occupation. Success, while admittedly moving the issue to the back burner, doesnt prove the administration competent (and yes, failure would not necessarily prove the admin incompetent, although if even a competent occupation were to fail that would raise other issues) |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2004-2-25 3:13:55 PM |
| #6 You bastard! You posted good news about our war in Iraq!! How can JFK jerk off about how badly 'managed' the war is now?? Dja ever think of that?? |
| Posted by: badanov 2004-2-25 2:47:08 PM |
| #5 I just hope they can get it to be up reliably 24/7 before summer rolls in. If the malcontents have A/C, they're not going to be outside in the heat. If they don't, then they'll be outside ranting and raving for every damn Al Jizz and Beeb reporter they can find. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-2-25 2:34:07 PM |
| #4 QUAGMIRE! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2004-2-25 2:24:48 PM |
| #3 "Wonder how the Democrats will spin this one?" Well Im a Dem, and Im pleased. Nyaah! As I hope you're pleased with the good job Brahimi of the UN is doing. Winning is more important than who gets the credit. That said, this puts me in mind of the saying by Tolstoy, all happy families are alike, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. The point being that a happy family has to be compatible and have things go right in a wide variety of areas - while an unhappy family only has to have ONE distinctive thing wrong. There are numerous metrics of occupation and all (or at least many) have to go right for the occupation to be successful. While i am optimistic, I wouldnt be surprised that people in the US arent jumping for joy over the electricity figures - we'll wait for it to be translated into lower US casualties (starting to happen,but slowly) lower casualties among friendly Iraqis (not happening yet) and resolution of the political issues in Iraq (not quantifiable, depends on your point of view) |
| Posted by: liberalhawk 2004-2-25 2:18:58 PM |
| #2 Steve, the Dems will spin this as "That's money that could have been used over here to improve our grids." I hate it, but that's what they will do. |
| Posted by: Lil Dhimmi 2004-2-25 2:08:23 PM |
| #1 What I find amusing is how things that were once loudly trumpeted by the media as sure signs that the occupation of Iraq was going horribly wrong, are now being completely ignored as they are steadily fixed. |
| Posted by: Patrick Phillips 2004-2-25 2:05:43 PM |