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PROJECTS

Khatib & Alami (K&A)
IRAQ, and German engineering
consultancy Fichtner are

PUT helping restore power
supplies within Northern
Iraq territories, a project
YOUR that aims to rehabilitate the
power supply networks in
three provinces which were
LIGHTS severely impacted by the war

and subsequent period of
ON unrest and instability.

The project is part of a major
infrastructure program which is
funded by the German government,
through KfW Development Bank,
to support the return of internally
displaced people (IDPs) in liberated
areas of Iraq.

Working closely with Iraq’s Ministry
of Electricity, the first phase of the
project is seeing K&A and Fichtner
focus on the restoration of priority
transmission and distribution
networks in Nineveh Governorate
(132/33 kV substations and 132kV
Transmission lines), while the second
phase will extend to additional
networks in the Governorates of
Nineveh (Grand Mosul 400/132/11 kV
GIS substation), Salah ad-Din and
Al Anbar (132/33 kV and 33/11kV
substations, and 132kV Transmission
lines). While Fichtner is delivering
German expertise, K&A will
provide technical capabilities
and local market knowledge,
including design and construction
supervision services.
REHABILITATION OF K&A’s Power & Renewables Vice
POWER SUPPLY SYSTEMS President, Roupen Sulahian, said:
“This is an important project which
IN THE GOVERNORATES will help to restore normal life to
OF NINEVEH, SALAH AD- hundreds of thousands of people
DIN AND AL ANBAR who were uprooted from their
homes because of the ongoing
threat of terrorism.”
“We look forward to building a
strong and productive partnership
with Fichtner which will re-establish
reliable, safe and ecient power
supplies, as a first key step towards
long-term growth and development
across Northern Iraq. The next step
is to provide water infrastructure for
those areas.”

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