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Alstom has signed a contract worth over €20 million with the Ministry of Electricity in Iraq for the rehabilitation of Najaf power station, representing Alstom’s first Iraqi rehabilitation contract in a decade.
Alstom will carry out a fast-track rehabilitation at unit 1 of the power station, based at the holy city of Najaf, 160 km south of Baghdad. Built by Alstom in 1977, Najaf is a gas-fired power plant consisting of three GT13D gas turbines and with an overall output of 180 MW. The unit was damaged and has been out of operation for five years.