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Iraq is expected to face a power shortfall of about 11 gigawatts (GW) during peak summer demand in 2026, amid lagging electricity production and tightening gas supplies, the Washington-based Attaqa platform reported on Sunday.<\/p>\n
According to the platform\u2019s survey<\/a>, electricity production stood at 29 GW at the end of January, while peak demand is projected at around 40 GW. The shortfall has been exacerbated by declining Iranian gas imports, which fell to about 15 million cubic meters per day last week from 20 million the previous week.<\/p>\n Iraq\u2019s financial capacity to secure fuel has also been constrained, with oil revenues dropping by nearly 90% since the start of the US\u2013Israeli war on Iran and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz on February 28. Baghdad is now seeking to reduce dependence on imports by expanding domestic gas production, while aiming to generate 7,500 megawatts of solar power through 15 projects backed by General Electric and Siemens.<\/p>\n Efforts to link Iraq\u2019s grid with neighboring countries are also ongoing, but implementation faces \u201ctechnical and financing challenges that could delay relief.\u201d Without sustained progress on these fronts, Iraq risks recurring power shortages during peak summer demand, Attaqa warned.<\/p>\n Iraq\u2019s Electricity Ministry earlier said supply cuts from Iran removed more than 3,000 megawatts<\/a> from the national grid after gas flows dropped sharply, forcing authorities to manage shortages.<\/p>\n Read more: <\/a>In darkening Baghdad, oil lamps return as power fears grow<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"2026-05-03T08:15:04+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News- Baghdad Iraq is expected to face a power…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":95294,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[152,2032,94,33547],"class_list":{"0":"post-95293","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iraq","8":"tag-breaking","9":"tag-electricity","10":"tag-iraq","11":"tag-iraq-braces-for-11-gw-power-shortfall-ahead-of-summer"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116509775278602293","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95293"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95293\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95294"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}