General Electric: Adding 125 megawatts to the national electricity grid in Iraq
General Electric: Adding 125 megawatts to the national electricity grid in Iraq
9/12/2020 12:50
[Baghdad_ain]
General Electric announced, on Wednesday, the completion of maintenance work at the Jerusalem Power Station on a turbine type 9E.03, indicating that it will add 125 megawatts of electricity to the national grid to meet the demand for electricity with more reliable energy.
The President and CEO of GE’s Energy Services and Gas Power Systems Business Unit in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia, Joseph Anis, said in a statement, “It affirms the company’s continued commitment to support the Iraqi government’s efforts to enhance the ability to generate power and upgrade the electrical infrastructure In the country, the conditions that we faced recently came to allow us to realize the most important things in our lives. However, reliable energy remains a pivotal element in advancing progress, providing access to health services and maintaining safety and communication for all societies around the world.
He added, “We highly value the confidence that the Ministry of Electricity attaches to our work team and its ability to carry out vital maintenance work at the Jerusalem Power Station, and we all affirm our commitment to providing leading technologies at the sector level, advanced services and distinguished local capabilities to enhance the energy sector in Iraq, regardless of circumstances and challenges.”
He stressed that “the current project in the Jerusalem station reinforces the distinguished success achieved by General Electric in carrying out various works at the station previously, including the installation and operation of the 9E.03 gas turbine, and this technology has the ability to operate up to 50 different types of fuel.” In order to provide more flexibility to the Ministry of Electricity in operating the plant using the best available economic source of fuel, and to continue generating power using liquid fuels in the absence of gas
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