America's North Shore Journal

The Government of Iraq, backed by Coalition forces, has come a long way since 2007 in providing the citizens of northwest Baghdad the power they need to run home appliances and businesses. Many government projects, to include power plants, solar panels and micro generation have been completed and more will be set in place to meet the needs of the people’s growing demand for power, said Mahdi Jonny, bilingual, bicultural electrical engineer, joint project management office, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad. “Iraq has scattered electrical generation plants comprised of thermal, hydro, gas turbine and diesel,” said Jonny. “There are also imports from three different countries: Iran, Turkey and Syria.” The imported energy from the three countries provides eight thousand megawatts on a daily basis, an increase … Read entire article »