16/01/2012 15:58
Minister of Electricity Karim Aftan on the sidelines of the signing of a power station Najibiyah
"Portal Iraq," Baghdad - The Ministry of Electricity of Iraq, Monday, a contract with a Turkish company to establish a power station Najibiyah gas in the province of Basra, with a capacity of 500 megawatts, indicating that the total cost of the contract amount to $ 235 million, as indicated near the signed four other contracts To create a gas power stations in a number of Iraqi provinces.
The general director of projects, production of gas in the ministry Majid Raji Hantoush on the sidelines of the signing of the contract with the Turkish company that "the ministry today signed a contract with Lanka Turkey for the establishment of a power station Najibiyah gas in the province of Basra," noting that "the total cost of the project amounting to $ 235 million."
He Hantoush that "the project consists of four units obstetric capacity per unit of 125 MW and a total of 500 megawatts," noting that "the station's equipment to be installed and operated are equipped by the company General Electric U.S., which had previously been contracted for and processing of Iraq during the past years. "
He Hantoush that "the implementation of the project will be a key way and the duration of complete ready-to-running 18 months from the date of signing the contract," noting that "the project will be funded by the province of Basra, which will allocate capacity to maintain after it is linked to the national grid."
Revealed Hantoush that "the Ministry's other projects for the establishment of four power stations gas in a number of provinces and equipped with equipment from the company General Electric U.S.," asserting that "The ministry will be announced soon on the transfer of power plant gas in Diwaniyah, Maysan, Nasiriyah, Samawah and a capacity of 500 MW per station" .
And decided to Iraqi Ministry of Electricity in October of last year, 2011, refer Najibiyah gas power plant for implementation within 24 hours, as pointed out that the station Stervd the national system of 500 MW.
The Ministry of Electricity and directed in the 25 of December of 2010 calls directly to a number of international companies specialized in the electricity sector for the implementation of three gas stations, including a power station Najibiyah in the province of Basra.
The Ministry of Electricity signed at the end of 2008, a contract with U.S. company General Electric to supply Iraq with 56 obstetric units in full, and another contract with the German company Siemens 16 and the processing of a large unit with a capacity of three thousand megawatts.
Iraq suffers a shortage of electric power since the beginning of 1990, and increased hours of rationing power after 2003 in Baghdad and the provinces, because of made a lot of stations in addition to the operations of sabotage of facilities during past five years, with increased hours of power cuts for citizens to about twenty hours per day.
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