BASRA / Algerian Haider
Saw Basra station opened Hartha electrical investment capacity of 100 megawatts, and cost reached to seventy million dollars, and the presence of the Minister of Electricity and Chairman of the National Investment Commission and the province of Basra and head of Basra Provincial Council and a number of deputies of Basra, and the chairman of BIC.
The electricity minister said Abdul Karim Aftan during the opening ceremony that the station would solve part of the power crisis in Basra, especially in the northern regions and actress Bakdaúa Qurna and the city. Illustrated that this station is part of an investment project carried out by the company of David AAC Saudi Arabia where he was accomplished in four months and considers this plant is the first phase and the second phase is the construction of production plant in Shuaiba with a capacity of 150 megawatts at a cost of $ 175 million. The Minister of electricity, saying that the amount of energy produced from the plant will be allocated to the province of Basra, considering that local government is that buy power from the company invested, adding that the station is the first station investment come into production in Basra, and we believe that the investment will contribute to the development of the electricity sector. In turn, Khalaf al-Badran, head of the Investment Authority in Basra said the station, which is located in the Hartha area at a cost of $ 70 million, which represents the first phase of the investment project is implemented by the Dow AAC, pointing out that the second phase of the same project license requires erect plant capacity of 150 Mica W and at a cost of $ 175 million in the Shuaiba area which is expected to be completed soon. The Badran to this project and license hikes awarded been and will be awarded aims to promote the production of electric power in the province of Basra fill dam shortfall from the representative of Dow AAC Lebanese d. Hassan Saeed Fran said in a press statement, we seek Through this project, the first of its kind in southern Iraq to find the experience illustrates the potential success of investment projects related to the electricity sector in Iraq, pointing out that the project set up the power plant, which opened today took implemented 100 days, due to direct soon erect the second leg in the Shuaiba area in the hope to accomplish after six months. He pointed out that: the company made a move is the most expensive and is binding on them under the terms of the contract, but in order to provide an integrated project model, it has been contracted with General Electric Company GE U.S., to equip the project with the latest pieces and equipment competent advanced required, and the latest standards and specifications with warranty , along with supervision, operation and partnership in responsibility, and our company will also step similar contract with the French company Alstom to implement the second part of the contract and complete the Shuaiba plant project. "
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