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GE wins $1.4bn power plant contracts in Iraq

01 February 2017

General Electric (GE) has secured more than $1.4 billion in orders from Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity to set up power plants as well as provide technology upgrades and maintenance services.

The announcement further strengthens GE’s collaborations in Iraq to support the country’s power infrastructure and meet the growing need for electricity.

These new agreements will add over 2 GW of power and secure the delivery of about 1.75 GW of existing power to the national grid.

As per the deal, GE will set up the Samawa and Dhi Qar power plants, adding 1,500 MW to the grid.

In the first phase of the project, the company will install four 9E gas turbines in simple cycle at each site by 2018. The second phase will entail the combined cycle conversion of the 9E units.

GE said it will also be supplying advanced heat recovery steam generators (HRSG) and steam turbine technology besides serving as the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor for the projects.

Under Phase Two of the Power Up Plan – a plan with the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity (MoE) for critical electricity generation and maintenance projects throughout the country – GE will add over 580 MW to the national grid through upgrade and rehabilitation works at four power plants.

Additionally, under Power Up Plan Phase Two, the technology giant will sustain about 1.75 GW of existing power generation through the maintenance of 9E gas turbines across six different power plants in Iraq.