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By John Lee. GE Gas Power has signed an agreement with Taurus Arm, owner of the 500 megawatts (MW) Bazyan [Bazian] Power Plant, to provide parts, repairs, and services for two 9F.04 gas turbines at the facility for a period of 16 years. The turbines were supplied by GE to Taurus Arm in 2021 under […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Mass Group Holding has bought a power plant in Romania. According to a statement from the administrator, Expert Insolventa SRL, the company has bought the Mintia thermal power plant (pictured) from Complexului Energetic Hunedoara SA for 91.2 million euro ($91 million) in a public auction. Mass Global Energy Rom, a subsidiary […]
From Rudaw. Any opinions expressed are those of the author(s), and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraqi economic capital engulfed in trash, suffers from dilapidated electricity Home to Iraq's richest oil wells, Basra should have wealth and development to rival the Emirates. Instead, the southern province is one of Iraq's […]
Qatar Fund for Development (QFFD) cooperates with the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority (GCCIA) to develop the Gulf electricity interconnection system and connect it to the southern Iraq network. QFFD signed an agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council Interconnection Authority to develop the Gulf electricity interconnection system and to connect it to the southern Iraq […]
By John Lee. Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has laid the foundation stone for a new power station in the Al-Furat district of Anbar Governorate. According to a statement from the Media Office of the Prime Minister, the total capacity of the plant is 1,642 megawatts, at a cost of one billion dollars, and the project […]
By Robert Tollast for The National. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. A power grid for the Middle East: what is the GCCIA and can it benefit Iraq? Since 2012, all GCC members have been connected by cross-border power lines - […]
By Al Monitor staff. Any opinions expressed here are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of Iraq Business News. Iraq diversifies, expands sources of energy and electricity Iraq is looking to Arab partners to help expand energy production and imports to meet summer demand. Click here to read the full […]
By John Lee. Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has officially opened the new Maysan Power Station. The new power plant adds 750 megawatts of capacity to the grid, 500 MW of which are produced through simple cycle and 250 MW through combined cycle. It is powered by natural gas from the Halfaya and Bazerkan fields, […]
By John Lee. Croatia's Koncar Group has signed an agreement worth EUR 65 million ($69 million) with Iraq's Ministry of Electricity for the revitalization of Haditha hydroelectric power station. Under the agreement, the company will carry out what it describes as "a partial revitalization of generation units, replace part of the MV and HV equipment, […]
By John Lee. Saudi Arabia has approved a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Iraq, under which Saudi Arabia would provide electricity to Iraq. The agreement was approved at meeting of the Saudi cabinet (pictured) on Tuesday, chaired by King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud. According to the state-controlled Iraqi News Agency (INA), the routes of […]
By John Lee. The Iraqi Prime Minister has announced that the Ministry of Electricity is to be renamed the "Ministry of Electricity and Alternative Energy". At a press conference in Baghdad, Mustafa al-Kadhimi (pictured) said it is unreasonable to build gas power stations when there is not enough gas available, so the new ministry will […]
By John Lee. Iraq's Minister of Oil, Ihsan Abdul-Jabbar Ismail, has met with the Saudi Minister of Energy, HRH Abdulaziz bin Salman, to discuss connecting their respective electricity grids. They also discussed enhanced energy cooperation between the two countries, and the work of the Saudi-Iraqi Coordination Council. Iraq and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum of […]
