Russian firm to set up 2 power stations in Amara

MISSAN / IraqiNews.com: The local administration in the province of Missan agreed with a Russian firm on Saturday to set up two power stations with a capacity of 1150 megawatt in the city of al-Amara, according to a local official. “The Missan local government agreed today (Sept. 25) with Russia’s Wintercroft Capital to build two a steam-operated power station with a capacity of 650 megawatt and another gas-operated plant with a capacity of 500 megawatt,” Amer Nasrallah, the Missan provincial council’s energy committee chairman, told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The two power plants, to be carried out by means of deferred payment at a period of 8-10 years, would solve many of the electricity-related problems in the province and with even a surplus of more than 650 megawatt,” added Nasrallah. Missan’s actual power needs are estimated at more than 400 megawatt. It gets only 200 megawatt now from neighboring provinces through the transformer station 400 KV, set up in 2008 and lies near the al-Kahlaa power station. A delegation from the Russian-Swiss Wintercroft Capital firm had arrived in Missan on Wednesday (Sept. 22) to activate a memorandum of understanding signed with the Missan provincial council in April this year. Amara, the capital city of Missan province, lies 390 km south of Baghdad. AmR (S) 2