GE sells $200 million in turbines to Iraq

General Electric’s energy division, based in Atlanta, announced Wednesday the signing of two power-generation contracts in Iraq totaling $200 million.

GE will supply six gas turbine generators with a capacity of 750 megawatts to the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. The power plants are due on line later this year.

GE has done business in the Middle East since the 1930s. The company is currently supplying the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity with turbines and other power-generation equipment that will add about 7,600 megawatts of electricity across the country.

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