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title: "ZAWYA: China's Shanghai Electric to add 1,200 MW of electricity to Iraq's national grid"
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description: "Chinese state-owned Shanghai Electric plans to add over 1,200 MW of electricity to Iraq's national grid by summer 2027 through new gas-fired power plants. Additionally, new power stations with a total capacity of 4,000 MW are expected to be operational between 2027 and 2028, increasing the total capacity to 5,000 MW by 2030. The company is also upgrading existing power plants, including Haritha and Wasit, to enhance their capacity and efficiency."
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# ZAWYA: China's Shanghai Electric to add 1,200 MW of electricity to Iraq's national grid

**Staff Writer**

Chinese state-owned utility company Shanghai Electric said more than 1,200 megawatts (MW) of electricity will be added to Iraq’s national grid by summer with the start of several gas-fired power plants.

Ahmed Abdul Latif Al-Amin, regional director of Shanghai Electric, told the Iraqi News Agency (INA) that these power plants will become operational in summer 2027.

Additionally, new power stations with a combined capacity of 4,000MW will enter between 2027 and 2028, bringing the total capacity to 5,000 MW by 2030, Al-Amin said.

The company is currently working on upgrading the Haritha and Wasit power plants. Haritha will add 220 MW, while Wasit will have a capacity to generate 2,520 MW upon reaching full design capacity.

In December 2025, Shanghai Electric broke ground on the Euphrates Combined Cycle Expansion Project, which involves upgrading existing simple-cycle units into combined-cycle systems across Najaf, Karbala, Babylon, and Al-Qadisiyyah governorates. The comamny had said the expansion would add a total capacity of 625 MW while boosting overall plant efficiency by nearly 50 percent without increasing fuel consumption.

(Writing by P Deol; Editing by Anoop Menon)

(anoop.menon@lseg.com)

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