General Electric Company announces its plans to work on securing electricity in Iraq
Tawazine News – Baghdad
General Electric announced on Wednesday its plans to work on securing electricity in Iraq, while confirming work under the supervision of the Ministry of Electricity to develop the necessary plans to secure energy.
The company’s director in Iraq, Rashid Al-Janabi, said in a statement to the official agency: “Our participation this year in the Iraq Energy Exhibition in the tenth edition, which is sponsored by the Minister of Electricity, the Deputy Prime Minister, the Minister of Oil, the Prime Minister and all parties concerned with this sector is part of our work in Iraq,” noting that “GI Vernova is an international company operating in the field of energy research and energy production technology, as well as in the field of manufacturing and providing this technology to all government and private institutions around the world.”
He added that “our work in Iraq extends to more than 6 decades and enjoys great sponsorship from the concerned authorities in this sector, as we work under the supervision of the Ministry of Electricity and work with experts and specialists from the ministry very close to develop the necessary plans to secure the need for the increasing demand for electricity,” pointing out that “this work has been accelerated in the last two decades, and work continues with the Iraqi government, through which a vision was presented by GE Vernova represented by ten main pillars to meet the need for electrical energy, secure it, secure the demand for energy in Iraq and push the wheel of economic development in Iraq.”
He pointed out that “through our close work with the Iraqi government and the Ministry of Electricity in particular, we notice that there is a great progress done by the Ministry of Electricity for the work carried out by GI Vernova in a large number of these strategic pillars to secure and fill the need.”
He pointed out that “one of these pillars and the important work that has been done is to work closely with the Ministry of Oil to benefit from the associated gas burned today to produce electrical energy and work directly with the Ministry of Electricity through a long-term maintenance agreement concluded with the ministry at the end of last year,
in addition to working on the maintenance of the 7 GW electricity production system of electrical energy and is maintained periodically and continuously to prepare it for the summer season. This is an ongoing work to prepare the system for next summer, as well as updating the system of electricity production units and updating it with the latest technology from GI Vernova, this modernization helps to add production capacity to the production units. For the system and raises the efficiency of the energy system, in addition to preparing and sustaining it for the summer season.”
He continued, “Implementation and completion of the linkage of the Iraqi national transport network with the Jordan network,” noting that “this strategic project was implemented by JI Vernova last year and is also essential within the action plan and the business strategy to secure energy in Iraq.
