The Ministry of Electricity of Iraq has awarded GE more than US$1.4bn in orders to set up CCGT power projects and provide technology upgrades and maintenance services in the country. The group will add more than 2 GW of new power capacity and secure the delivery of approximately 1.75 GW of existing power to the national grid.
GE will set up the Samawa and Dhi Qar CCGT power plants, with a cumulated capacity of 1.5 GW, under an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract. By 2018, the group will install four 9E gas turbines in simple cycle at each site; in a second phase, the units will be converted to combined cycle. Under the second phase of the Power Up Plan, GE will upgrade and rehabilitate four power plants across Iraq, adding a total capacity of 580 MW to the national grid. In addition, GE will carry out the maintenance of 9E gas turbines on six different power plants, sustaining 1.75 GW of existing power generation.
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