VOL. XLVII

No 06

09-February-2004

IRAQ

Iraq Plans IPPs To Boost Electricity Capacity

Iraq plans to invite international companies to bid for independent power projects (IPPs) to help boost the countrys capacity to generate electricity, according to the countrys Electricity Minister Ayham al-Samarrai, speaking on 25 January. He added that Iraqs electricity sector would be opened up using build-own-operate (BOO) and build-operate-transfer (BOT) models. The minister said that total revenue from fee...