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Iraq agrees to contract electricity worth $ 363 million with Orascom
28/02/2012 18:48
Erbil, February 28 (Rn) - The Iraqi cabinet Tuesday approved a contract worth $ 363 million with Orascom Construction Industries, Egypt to build a power station in Baiji, Salahuddin province, located 175 km northwest of Baghdad.
The contract includes installation of six gas units, each of capacity 169 MW Iraq bought from Siemens in 2008 but did not enter service.
He said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement that the Council of Ministers approved the "recommendation of the Committee on Energy on the allocation of the contract for the Baiji power station gas (6X169) MW custody of company (ORASCOM) Egyptian and total amount of $ (363) million and the period of the implementation of standing (21) months. "
After nearly nine years of US-led invasion to topple President Saddam Hussein, Iraq's power grid is still unable to meet the needs of the country's energy only for a few hours a day. And electricity among the major complaints of housing
Iraq plans to strengthen the capacity of the network by about 1,500 MW in the next few months and add 22 thousand MW throughout the country except in the Kurdistan region by the end of 2015.
And spin the available generation capacity in Iraq between seven thousand and eight thousand megawatts but is expected to increase to between nine thousand and 9500 MW this summer, starting with electricity projects and other development.
The total Iraqi demand for electricity peaked when he scored 15 thousand megawatts last year, but oil-producing country could not meet half of that.
Open: Murtaza Yousuf
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28/02/2012 18:48
Erbil, February 28 (Rn) - The Iraqi cabinet Tuesday approved a contract worth $ 363 million with Orascom Construction Industries, Egypt to build a power station in Baiji, Salahuddin province, located 175 km northwest of Baghdad.
The contract includes installation of six gas units, each of capacity 169 MW Iraq bought from Siemens in 2008 but did not enter service.
He said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said in a statement that the Council of Ministers approved the "recommendation of the Committee on Energy on the allocation of the contract for the Baiji power station gas (6X169) MW custody of company (ORASCOM) Egyptian and total amount of $ (363) million and the period of the implementation of standing (21) months. "
After nearly nine years of US-led invasion to topple President Saddam Hussein, Iraq's power grid is still unable to meet the needs of the country's energy only for a few hours a day. And electricity among the major complaints of housing
Iraq plans to strengthen the capacity of the network by about 1,500 MW in the next few months and add 22 thousand MW throughout the country except in the Kurdistan region by the end of 2015.
And spin the available generation capacity in Iraq between seven thousand and eight thousand megawatts but is expected to increase to between nine thousand and 9500 MW this summer, starting with electricity projects and other development.
The total Iraqi demand for electricity peaked when he scored 15 thousand megawatts last year, but oil-producing country could not meet half of that.
Open: Murtaza Yousuf
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