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France's Schneider Wins Basra Power Contract

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) […]

Iraq Requests Bids to Build 4 Large Power Plants

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 […]

Najaf Gets $40m for Generators

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 […]

New Power Stations in Basra

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 […]

GE Fuel Oil Treatment Selected for Iraqi Power Plant

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 […]

Trade with Turkey Triples

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 […]

Danish Company to Boost Karbala's Electricity

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 Council Approves "ID 288 bn" Energy Project

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 […]