Iraq's Ministry of Electricity as issued a tender for the supply of medium voltage power cables. The closing date for receipt of bids is 22nd December. Please click here and here to download details.
Ministry of Electricity Tenders for Cables
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Iraq's Ministry of Electricity as issued a tender for the supply of medium voltage power cables. The closing date for receipt of bids is 22nd December. Please click here and here to download details.
Basra's Governor, Shaltagh Aboud, signed a contract with France’s Schneider Electric on Tuesday, to build 8 power plants in the province at a reported cost of $29 million. “The projects will be implemented in cooperation with an Iraqi partner in various areas in Basra,” a media source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. (Source: Aswat al-Iraq) […]
The Iraqi government has asked for bids to build four large power plants in southern Iraqi governorates that could boost its power generating capacity by 2,750 megawatts, a spokesman for the electricity ministry, Mussab al-Mudaris, said on Monday. "The ministry will announce provisions of new tenders to build four gas power stations during a roadshow […]
The development of Halfaya oilfield in southern Iraq’s Maysan province shall insure enough gas for Kahla’a power station, according to the Director-General of Missan Oil Company, who said that the gas produced from the oil field would exceed 60 million cubic feet. “The development of the Halfaya field shall secure the needs of the Kahlaa […]
Najaf's provincial council confirmed that it has been given final approval to get a loan of ID 47 Billion [$40m] for the province to buy new electricity generators to be run by Najaf's citizens. A source in the province told the National Media Center that generators will be distributed to jobless citizens with guaranties to […]
Local government in Basra province announced that a new gas-powered electricity station with a capacity of 500 MW will soon be built in Najibia region in the north of the province. Technical deputy Munthir Niema told NMC that the cost of the station will depend on petro-dollar balance, and its output will be used for […]
Last week a Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) official revealed that October year-on-year core CPI inflation jumped to 3.2% from just 1.87% in September, breaking a nine-month downtrend. At first glance, you might conclude that Iraq is now at the start of the same CPI uptrend that its neighbors, and indeed much of the developing […]
Iraq will soon ask for bids on projects to install and run 22 gas turbines that could boost its power generating capacity by 30 percent in the next few years, an official from the Ministry of Electricity said on Tuesday. Reuters reports that the ministry plans to ask companies to build plants in four provinces, […]
GE (NYSE: GE) has signed a contract with Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity to supply an advanced fuel oil treatment technology, FuelSolv, to help enhance the reliability and productivity of the Al-Quds power plant on the outskirts of Baghdad. “The Al-Quds power station provides much-needed electricity for Iraq and GE’s innovative gas turbine technology and fuel […]
Committees don't just sit around in Iraq. On 19th October the Iraqi government created a committee to increase business and economic relations with Turkey. Now, a member of the committee has said that the two countries are going to increase commercial exchange up to $12bn in 2011, reports AKNews. This is a more than three-fold increase on previous […]
Karbala's local government has signed a contract with a Danish company to install five new electrical generators in the province. The head of the Strategic Planning and Constructing committee, Abbas Nasser Hassani told AKnews that a delegation from Karbala local government signed the contract with Danish company Simko, which has offices in Turkish capital, Ankara. […]
Basra's Council approved an energy project worth 288 billion dinars [$246m] on Thursday, a vice president of the Basra council told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The council approved during its regular session an energy project to establish four generating units with a production capacity of 400kv (sic) at the al-Najiebiya electricity plant,” Ahmad al-Salieti is […]
