IRAQ GAS TURBINES

BY KEITH NUTHALL
IRAQ is to receive two power plant gas turbines worth US$80 million under a United Nations oil-for-food programme contract, pending for nearly two years, but released under new rules speeding up project approvals. The turbines will produce power for the northern governorates of Erbil and Sulaymaniyah, reconnecting them to the national electricity grid.



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