#Iraq

Iraq’s General Company of Electrical Energy Transmission a strategic agreement with the German company Siemens Energy to build five high-voltage direct current substations.

Iraq has handed over land to France’s TotalEnergies and PowerChina to build two solar power plants under agreements signed in 2023, an official report said on Wednesday.

A long-standing project to supply Iraq with Gulf electricity through a common power grid will be completed in late 2024, an Iraqi deputy said on Wednesday.

Iraq has a plan to increase electricity production to 11,000 MW by 2026.

Qatar, Doha: Qatar is collaborating with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to provide much needed electricity to Iraq.

Croatia, Zagreb: KONČAR Group has signed an agreement worth $68 M (€65 M), with Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity (MOE) for the revitalization of HPP Haditha.

Iraq, Baghdad: Iraq has awarded General Electric a contract to build power facilities for its electricity link with Jordan, according to the source.

Iraq: Elsewedy Electric has announced that along with Toyota Tsusho Corporation, it has completed the EPC contract of four GIS substations.

Iraq, Baghdad: Iraq’s government is seeking international investors to develop seven PV solar plants with a total capacity of 750 MW.

The Government of Iraq is accelerating its focus on strengthening the nation’s power infrastructure through two new agreements signed with GE.

Iraq: Iraq’s Electricity Ministry has awarded an $80 M contract to Sweden’s Linxon for the construction of four 132 / 33 kV substations in central Iraq.

Siemens Energy and the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity have signed a contract for the Al Hamudhia substation, which will provide reliable, efficient power supply.

Toyota Tsusho Corporation has signed the contract with Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity, to construct a stationary electrical substation, together with ELSEWEDY.

Iraq on Sunday signed a landmark deal with the Gulf Cooperation Council for a 300 km transmission line that would run from Kuwait to Iraq’s southern port of Faw and be financed by the GCC.

Germany: Siemens has successfully type tested the first 132 kV 72/90 MVA power transformer for Iraq that will serve for the stabilization of the country’s national power grid.

Siemens has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Federal Government of the Republic of Iraq to strengthen the collaboration with the Ministry of Energy and the Ministry of Oil & Gas for modernizing the energy infrastructure and the oil & gas sector.

Switzerland, Zurich: ABB has won an order worth around $100 million from Mass Global Holding to deliver a gas-insulated switchgear (GIS) substation that will help integrate 3,000 MW of electricity generated by a combined cycle power plant, utilizing Iraq’s natural gas resources.

Iraq, Baghdad: GE is signing a $1 billion power up plan with the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity (MoE) for critical electricity generation and maintenance projects throughout the country.

Germany: Siemens has signed a ($10 million) €9 million contract to supply the Iraqi market with 1,250 distribution transformers.

Germany: Siemens has received a contract from the Korean company LSIS for the delivery of ten power transformers for mobile substations in Iraq.

Iraq, Bagdad: Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has announced that Siemens has signed a contract for electricity substation work in Iraq including the supply of electrical equipment and civil works for several 132 kV gas insulated substations, according to Arabian Industry.

South Korea, Seoul: LS Industrial Systems (LSIS), a Korean electrical equipment producer, has won a $147 million contract as part of the Bismayah New City Project (BNCP) to build electricity infrastructure in Iraq. This is the largest-ever overseas deal worth US (161.2 billion won) for the company.