VOL. XXXI

NO.44 

8-AUGUST-1988

IRAQ

Technopromexport Awarded Yusifiya Power Station Contract

The Soviet Union's Technopromexport was awarded an ID241mn ($770mn) turnkey contract in June by Iraq's State Enterprise for Generation and Transmission of Electricity to build the 1,260 megawatt Yusifiya thermal power plant, south of Baghdad. The project is made up of six 210 megawatt units, with the first unit scheduled to start up in early 1992. The plant is one of several...