هدر الطاقة الكهربائية في العراق:دراسة اقتصادية

Waste of electrical energy in Iraq: an Economic Study

             The study of waste of energy reflected the problems of the electricity system in Iraq from low production and lack of consumption. Electricity is the main engine of all economic sectors. The electric power sector has a direct and practical impact on every home, business, school or hospital in the country, and hence economic development. Therefore, the performance of the electricity sector and its ability to provide reliable electricity supplies are of interest to every citizen. The energy sector plays a vital role in supporting economic and social development. Despite the vital role of the electricity sector, it is characterized by characteristics that affect the possibility of achieving sustainable development. The electricity sector in Iraq continues to suffer from patterns of non-sustainable patterns in the production, transmission, distribution and consumption of electricity. , And that electricity services do not reach regularly to the economic sectors, and this weakness leads to weak economic development, especially in the waste of energy sources due to large losses in electricity, in addition to the opportunity missed opportunity to increase the consumption of energy sources internally at the expense of the Sad And consequently to reduce costs on other sectors of the economy, as well as the negative environmental effects that result from the waste of energy and energy sources and failure to preserve the rights of generations, and thus we reached conclusions, including waste electricity at the production stage because of the use of crude oil in gas stations and frequent maintenance Which led to the decline in productivity and life span, and in the stage of transport and distribution suffer from a very large consumption and consumption at the stage of the lack of standards in the management of energy demand all led to an increase in depletion and waste of energy and energy sources, It was recommended that the great waste of electricity should be addressed through the use of combined cycle generating stations, the need to accelerate the rehabilitation of the electricity network which is more than 30 years old and the development of energy efficiency standards with the need for the contribution of renewable energies .