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Chinese Power Units Due Before Summer at Two Iraqi Stations

By John Lee. Combined-cycle units with a capacity of 125MW each are under construction at the South Baghdad Gas Power Station and the Khor al-Zubair power station, with both units planned to enter service before next summer. According to Iraq's Ministry of Electricity, a meeting was held on Sunday between Mohammed Naama al-Tufeili, Undersecretary for […]

Combined-Cycle Power Projects to add 612 MW to Iraqi Grid

By John Lee. Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani has launched the construction of three projects related to additional combined-cycle units for electricity generation. South Baghdad Gas Fired Power Plant, with a design capacity of 125 MW. Implemented by China's Dongfang Electric; Mansuriyah Gas Fired Power Station in Diyala Province, with a design capacity of 362 […]

First of 10 New Fast Trains Ready for Shipment

By John Lee. China's Dongfang Electric Corp. has completed the first of 10 high speed, desert modified diesel trains at a ceremony attended by Iraq's ambassador to China, Railway Gazette reports. The trains were ordered in 2012, a year after Iraq announced plans for a Basra to Baghdad high speed rail route, an initiative that does not […]