Spatial Variability of Private Electric Generators and Their Impact on Energy Production in Kirkuk City
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The continuous shut downs of the national electricity led to the emergence of private electric generators in the city of Kirkuk to meet the population’s need for electric power, and that these private generators suffer from a set of challenges and problems that hinder their work in producing electric power. The city of Kirkuk also suffers from environmental problems resulting from the impact of private electric generators on the urban environment in the city, which has had an impact on the city’s residents. Since private electric generators are considered a basic source of generating electric power in Iraq in general, and in the city of Kirkuk in particular, as it suffers from continuous interruptions in the national electricity supply of up to (18) hours a day, and with the increasing reliance on private generators, the pollution problems resulting from them increase. The environmental impact means any changes in the characteristics of the environment or the creation of new environmental conditions, whether beneficial or harmful, due to a limited and clear activity or group of activities.
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