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Reuters reports that Iraq signed a $349 million contract with Greek power plant builder Metka, a subsidiary of the Mytilineos Group, on Wednesday. The Shat-Al-Basra Power Plant Project will be a gas-fired, 1,250-MW power plant in southern Iraq. It comprises 10 units of 125 MW each, which were purchased from General Electric in a contract […]
Reuters reports that Iraq has finalised a $1.08 billion contract with the China National Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corp (CMEC) to build a 1,260-megawatt thermal power plant. "The signing will take place next week or the week after," Laith al-Mamury, the head of investments and contracts at the ministry, said at a ceremony […]
Azzaman news agency reports that Iraq's Ministry of Electricity has struck a deal with Siemens for the construction of three electrical transformer stations. The deal, said to be worth $76 million, is the latest in a series of contracts by the ministry to upgrade the national grid and increase the supply of electricity, which is […]
AFP reports that the Iraqi cabinet has approved a $540 million contract for French firm Alstom to build a 182.4 megawatt gas power plant in central Iraq. Ggovernment spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement that the plant, which should be up and running 18 months after the signature of the contract, is to be […]
The Iraqi Ports Administration announced today that a power generation vessel arrived at Khor al-Zubair port last week. Aswat al-Iraq reports that the Turkish vessel will supply the national electrical grid with 110 megawatts of power. This is the third electricity generation vessel to arrive in Basra province. Two vessels are already working in Umm […]
The Provincial Council of Thi Qar [Dhi Qar] has announced that the ministry of electricity has approved the award of a contract to build a 500-megawatt power station to a local company. Aswat al-Iraq reports that the council expects the work to start this month, after verifying the company's records and abilities. The contract had […]
Iraq's Electricity Ministry has criticized the Iranian company Sanir [Sunir] for its alleged failure to complete the construction of the Sadr gas power plant in Baghdad, reports AKnews. Ministry spokesman Musab al-Mudarres said that the complex still does not have distribution centers, control centers, management chambers and housing facilities. "The Electricity Ministry did not fail […]
French engineering group Alstom has been awarded a contract to build an electrical power plant worth $550 million in Iraq, reports Reuters. The award of the Mansuriyah plant contract was announced as part of a visit to Iraq by French Trade Minister Pierre Lellouche. "The Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister confirmed ... the award of the […]
In our ongoing efforts to brings you all the best information on doing business in Iraq, we continue to add to the list of reports available from our reports service. This week we've added two reports on energy exploration and electricity generation: Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Outlook in Iraq to 2015, an essential […]
In its Interim Management Statement on Friday, covering the period from 1 July 2011, Aggreko plc said that it had recently signed its first sizeable contract with an industrial company in Iraq. According to Bloomberg, it will provide 40 megawatts of power in Basra. The company, a world leader in the supply of temporary power […]
Iraq named a new electricity minister on Monday, after the previous minister Raad Shallal [Shalal, Shallal al-Ani] stepped down under government pressure in August following allegations of fraud in two electricity contracts. "Parliament voted by majority to nominate Abdulkarim Aftan [Abdul Karim Aftan al-Jumaili] as electricity minister," Faiza al-Obeidi, an MP with the Iraqiya list that […]
Iraqi government spokesman Dr Ali al-Dabbagh has announced that Iraq's cabinet has approved projects to build two power stations in southern Iraq. The 1,500 megawatt Rumaila power station will be built by South Korean Hyundai Engineering at a cost of $308 million, while the 1,250 megawatt plant in Basra will be built by Greek company […]
