Iraq signs agreements worth U.S. $ 4 billion to support the supply of electricity
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Iraq said on Thursday it had signed agreements worth nearly four billion dollars to build small power stations, emergency across the country to help double the supply of electricity for up to 16 hours a day by the summer of next year.
Iraq is still eight years after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime suffers a severe shortage of electricity supply that is not enough only for a few hours a day and this is a major source of popular anger towards the authorities have failed to overcome the problem, despite an abundance of oil revenues.
The Minister of Electricity said last month that Iraq needs more than 15 thousand megawatts of electric power to meet peak demand in summer. It is expected that supplies this summer to seven thousand megawatts, enough for only eight hours a day.
Laith Hamid said the Director General of Department of investment and contracts in Iraq, the ministry signed an agreement with a South Korean company worth $ 3.2 billion to build 25 stations with a total capacity of 2500 MW in different parts of the country.
He added that the ministry also signed a contract worth $ 762 million company with Elite Jordan to build power plants with total capacity of 600 MW.
He said the ministry would also sign two additional in the next few days to build power stations with total capacity of 1900 MW.
The Plan of the Ministry of Electricity emergency build 50 small power station produces each with 100 MW across the country as a temporary solution, pending the operation of long-term electricity projects.
The Minister of Electricity Raad waterfall last month that the total cost of the emergency plan stations around six billion dollars.
Will allow emergency generators to the electricity network in the country to provide supplies for 16 hours a day in the summer of 2012
Iraq is still eight years after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime suffers a severe shortage of electricity supply that is not enough only for a few hours a day and this is a major source of popular anger towards the authorities have failed to overcome the problem, despite an abundance of oil revenues.
The Minister of Electricity said last month that Iraq needs more than 15 thousand megawatts of electric power to meet peak demand in summer. It is expected that supplies this summer to seven thousand megawatts, enough for only eight hours a day.
Laith Hamid said the Director General of Department of investment and contracts in Iraq, the ministry signed an agreement with a South Korean company worth $ 3.2 billion to build 25 stations with a total capacity of 2500 MW in different parts of the country.
He added that the ministry also signed a contract worth $ 762 million company with Elite Jordan to build power plants with total capacity of 600 MW.
He said the ministry would also sign two additional in the next few days to build power stations with total capacity of 1900 MW.
The Plan of the Ministry of Electricity emergency build 50 small power station produces each with 100 MW across the country as a temporary solution, pending the operation of long-term electricity projects.
The Minister of Electricity Raad waterfall last month that the total cost of the emergency plan stations around six billion dollars.
Will allow emergency generators to the electricity network in the country to provide supplies for 16 hours a day in the summer of 2012
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