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Iraq Business
10-02-2025
- Business
- Iraq Business
Linxon to Upgrade Power Stations in Iraq
By John Lee. The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity has signed three contracts with Linxon to rehabilitate key 400 kV BSP stations in Baghdad and Diyala as part of the Iraqi Electrical Super Grid. The agreements, funded by SEK and EKN loans, were signed by Riyad Uraibi Muklf, General Director of the General Company for Electrical Energy Transmission in the Middle Region, and Hassan Merhi, Linxon's Managing Director for the Middle East and Asia Pacific. The project, initiated under the directives of Minister of Electricity Zeyad Ali Fadhil, includes upgrades at North Baghdad, South Baghdad, and Diyala 400 kV BSP stations. Rehabilitation efforts will modernise electrical equipment, enhance protection and control systems, and improve infrastructure to ensure reliable operation of Iraq's power transmission network. Linxon is a joint venture between AtkinsRéalis and Hitachi Energy. (Source: Linxon)
Iraqi News
05-02-2025
- Business
- Iraqi News
Iraq contracts Linxon to repair electrical substations in Baghdad and Diyala
Baghdad ( – Switzerland-based Linxon was recently given a contract by Iraq for repairing three power transmission substations in the country's capital, Baghdad, and Diyala. The agreements were signed by Riyad Uraibi Muklf, General Director of the General Company for Electrical Energy Transmission in the Middle Region, and Hassan Merhi, Managing Director of Linxon in the Middle East and Asia Pacific region. There are two stations in Baghdad and one in the province of Diyala. Linxon will be modernizing the protection and control systems as well as the machinery and systems utilized in the three stations. The overall transmission capacity of the stations is 400 kV. AtkinsRéalis and Hitachi Energy jointly own Linxon, a company that specializes in electrical AC substation construction.
