2012

Iraq

Energy Efficiency Country Profile

koe/US$05ppp

Primary Energy Intensity

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

2000 2010

Iraq

EU

Sources: WEC (2013), World Bank (2013)

Primary Energy Consumption

4%
21%
23%

2000

2011
73%

527 Thousand boe/day

79%

745.1 Thousand boe/day

Hydroelectricity
Natural gas
Oil
Source: OAPEC
(2005, 2012)

Final Energy Consumption - 2009

Industrial 17%
4%
84%

12%

Residential 40%
Commercial 5%
Unspecified 38%

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Electricity
Natural gas
Oil products
Source: IEA (2009)

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EE Targets and Designated Agency

Electricity Pricing

No EE targets are adopted.

Fossil fuel subsidies are large.

No designated EE agency. Currently, activities related to promoting EE fall under the

auspices of the working group on EE at the Ministry of Electricity.

No special tariffs for households to encourage a rational use of energy.

No time-differentiated price structure for industrial sector to encourage consumption
shifting peak hours.

Regulatory Framework
No general legal framework for EE
measures.
Voluntary reference EE specifications
for buildings (2012) are adopted.

Regulatory
Framework

EE Targets and
Designated
Agency

Energy Service Providers

No energy audits are conducted in residential, tertiary, and industrial sectors.
Electricity
Pricing

No minimum energy performance

standards with mandatory labeling
schemes are adopted for household
appliances.

Electricity Tariffs
Customers

Implementation
Capacity

Implementation Capacity
No Solar Water Heaters are installed.
No energy-efficient buildings are built.
No demonstration projects for energyefficient buildings are built.
By 2012, 5,000,000 Compact
Florescent Lamps are distributed.

No Energy Service Companies (ESCOs).

Tariff (Cent/kWh)

Industrial

>4001 kWh

4.16

Government

2001-4000 kWh

2.5

Commercial

1001-2000 kWh

1.66

Residential

1-1000 kWh

0.83

Energy
Service
Providers
Financial
Incentives

Financial Incentives
No internal tax benefits for EE
projects.
No EE fund is established for
financing EE projects.
Customs duty on importing Solar
Water Heaters and Compact
Florescent Lamps is 15%.

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Power Transmission and Distribution Losses (in Percentage) - 2010

60.00

50.00

40.00

30.00

20.00

10.00

0.00

2000

2001

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008
Iraq

2009
EU

2010
World

Source: World Bank (2013)

Power Generation Efficiency - 2009

50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%
Iraq

Tunisia

Arab Average

Source: National authorities

Contributors
Naseer Kareem Kasim, Head of Renewable Energy Department, Renewable Energy and Environment Center
Mathilde Andersson, Energy Specialist
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