12/10/2010Karbala reveal near the conclusion of a contract with a U.S. company to build three power plants
Karbala, confirmed the provincial council in Karbala on Tuesday, the Ministry of the Federal Electricity stand in front of the provincial councils in the contract deals with international companies specialized in the field of energy production, revealing the near conclusion of the contract with U.S. company to build three power plants electric.
Council President Mohammed al-Moussawi, told the Kurdish news agency (Rn) that "the insistence of the Federal Ministry of Electricity to link all the provinces except the provinces of Iraqi Kurdistan region to a single network of electric power, to prevent us from deals
Successful with international companies specialized in the production of electrical energy."
He explained that Moussaoui "company (Crane Tower) German made a lucrative offer for the city of Karbala obstetric stations built solar-powered, but the Ministry of Electricity has insisted on making the contracting process with those companies preserve it."
He pointed out that "A delegation from Karbala Provincial Council recently visited the Turkish capital Ankara, where he met a number of companies of Turkey, faced with her invitations to enter the market Karbala investment," noting that "The delegation met with Turkey's president (Cutter PLR) U.S. specialist to build power plants electric. "
"The American company had approved the construction of three stations in Karbala obstetric capacity of up to 125 MW per facility," adding that "the company gave us options, including the construction of plants in a manner either invest or pay forward."
Moussawi said that "the provincial council in Karbala, during its regular meeting on Tuesday will discuss one of the options listed to call the company directly to work."
And Abizaid Chairman of the Board of Karbala, saying "We will deal with the electricity issue seriously this time, we will ask the federal government to isolate Karbala for the Iraqi network, the unified electric power to enable us to provide better services to citizens and especially since the province is tourism, so they desperately need the services of electricity," he said.
The head of the Energy Commission in the province of Karbala, Zuhair silent Daami had revealed earlier for (Rn) on the refusal of the Minister of Electricity, a former federal Karim Wahid offer investment company (Crane Tower) in Germany to build power stations, solar-powered in Karbala, on the pretext that Iraq needs to obstetric work stations significant at the level of all the provinces and not one province or two provinces.
Iraq has seen a wave of mass protests in different parts of the country last June because of the acute shortage of power cuts, and the continuation of hours being cut off that link in some provinces to 20 hours a day, which prompted the Minister of Electricity Karim Wahid to resign.
Work stations and about two-thirds of Iraq's electricity capacity of 11 thousand megawatts due to its exposure to attacks from insurgents and years of neglect.
According to government figures that has been allocated about $ 17 billion to the Ministry of electricity during the past four years, but that Iraq's power grid does not provide only a few hours of electricity a day, raising the costs for the business sector and increase the impact of summer heat, which in some areas to 50 degrees.
And suffer the electricity network in Iraq in general from a lack of energy production over the past years due to exposure stations and transport networks to major damage when the invasion of Iraq in 2003, followed by acts of sabotage by armed groups.
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