29.07.10 Iraq Focus Alstom signs an MoU to develop Iraq's electricity sector

Alstom has signed a deal with Iraq for the development and expansion of Iraq's electricity infrastructure. The MoU, presided over by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, was signed by Alstom's chief executive, Patrick Kron, and Iraq's Oil and Electricity minister, Hussein Sharestani.

The deal consists of three major projects. The first of which involves supply of a three oil-fired steam unit power plant at Bassorah in southern Iraq, and 400 kV and 132 kV gas insulated substations (GIS). The second project concerns the revitalisation of an existing gas-fired power plant in Najaf.

The last of the three projects will focus on the supply and supervision of 400 kV GIS substations and 132 kV GIS & AIS (Air Insulated Substations) around Iraq. Alstom is currently in talks with a number of Iraqi authorities about the strategic and practical implementation of the three projects.

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