Rapid economic and population growth in Iraqi Kurdistan will lift annual peak power demand to 10,000MW in 2023 according to a new report completed for the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG), the MEED Kurdistan Projects conference in Erbil was told this…
Day: June 9, 2014
Iraqi Kurdistan water projects are delayed because of Baghdad budget dispute
Financial problems caused by cuts in budgetary transfers to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) from central government are affecting the delivery of nine major water projects in Iraqi Kurdistan with an aggregate value of $2.7bn, the MEED Kurdistan Projects conference…
MEED conference told KRG aims for electricity capacity of at least 6GW by start of 2016
The electricity generation capacity in Iraqi Kurdistan should grow by at least one quarter by the start of 2016 to meet soaring demand in the region, the MEED Kurdistan Projects conference in Erbil was told today. “We are striving to…
MEED conference told central government owes the KRG $7bn
Overdue budgetary payments to the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) from Iraq’s central government are now worth $7bn, the KRG minister and head of the KRG media and information department Safeen Dizayee told the MEED Kurdistan Projects conference in Erbil this…
MEED conference told seven PPP dams for Iraqi Kurdistan to be finalised by end-2014
The Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) aims to finalise agreements by the end of 2014 for a total of seven dam and reservoir projects with a total value of $4bn to be built in 12-year public-private partnership (PPP) deals, the MEED…
MEED conference told that Iraqi Kurdistan to share oil export proceeds with the rest of Iraq
Minister and head of the department of foreign relations in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) Falah Mustafa Bakir told the MEED Kurdistan Projects conference in Erbil this morning that Iraqi Kurdistan is now an oil exporter and intends to share…
MEED conference told that capital spending remains top budget priority for KRG
Spending on development projects will continue to secure a significant share of the Kurdistan Regional Government’s (KRG’s) annual budget and the government is open to public-private partnership (PPP) proposals to help finance its $30.5bn capital investment programme for 2013-20, the…